Whiskey South timber sale

Current Status: 
Case Won
Case Title and Number: 
Idaho Conservation League v. Bennett, 04-cv-447-MHW (D. Idaho)
Date Filed: 
09/29/2004

BLM proposed to log over 12 million board feet of old growth forests in the South Fork Clearwater basin of central Idaho, asserting that risks of beetle infestation and wildfire required the logging.  After a week long trial where we called several expert witnesses to show those arguments were not accurate, the federal court enjoined the logging and ordered a more thorough and accurate environmental analysis if the agency wanted to proceed.  See Idaho Conservation League v. Bennett, 2005 WL 1041396 (D. Idaho 2005). 

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