April 24, 2013
An Oregon federal judge Tuesday threw out a suit that accused the U.S. Forest Service of violating the Endangered Species Act by allowing controversial mining techniques in the Siskiyou National Forest, finding the plaintiffs had been too vague in their intent-to-sue notice.
October 23, 2012
A coalition of environmental advocates hit the U.S. Forest Service with a lawsuit in Oregon Monday, claiming its approval of requests to use a controversial mining technique in streams in the Siskiyou National Forest violated the Endangered Species Act.