Forest Service faces logging rule challenge

MEDFORD, Ore. — Rejecting a magistrate’s findings and recommendation, an Oregon federal court declined to dismiss an environmental group’s challenge to the U.S. Forest Service’s logging rule amendment. A separate court decision largely vacated the amendment, but portions regarding snag and green tree provisions to the South Warner Habitat Modification Project in the Fremont-Winema National Forest were not impacted by the vacatur, so the group’s claims may proceed.Read the ruling here.Subscribe to our free newslettersOur weekly newsletter Closing Arguments offers the latest about ongoing trials, major litigation and rulings in courthouses around the U.S. and the world, while the monthly Under the Lights dishes the legal dirt from Hollywood, sports, Big Tech and the arts.Additional Reads