Tagged: Oregon State Forests

Timber Sales Halted
4:49 pm
Tue November 27, 2012

Judge Halts Logging In Oregon State Forests

Credit Gus Van Vliet / U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
A preliminary injunction has halted timber sales in three state forests that are home to the threatened marbled murrelet.

A federal judge has granted a preliminary injunction halting 11 timber sales in Oregon’s state forests. The state is being sued by three conservation groups who say the logging projects imperil a federally protected seabird.

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