Law360 (January 14, 2009, 12:00 AM EST) -- The U.S. Forest Service has reversed its own plan outlining guidelines for oil and gas leasing in the Santa Fe National Forest, siding with a green group that argued the plan would open up 113,000 acres for drilling without assessing the impacts.
On Tuesday, Santa Fe, N.M.-based WildEarth Guardians announced that the Forest Service had granted its administrative appeal of the agency's amendment to the Santa Fe National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan.
The amendment set out the guidelines for the U.S. Department of the...
Forest Service Overturns Its Oil-Leasing Plan
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