March 19, 2018
The U.S. Forest Service asked a California federal judge Friday to toss a lawsuit from environmental groups seeking to block a dead-tree clearing plan created in response to a 2016 wildfire, arguing that the plan was properly excluded from certain National Environmental Policy Act requirements.
November 17, 2017
A California federal judge on Friday refused to stop the U.S. Forest Service's plans to clear dead trees near a national park after a recent wildfire, telling environmental groups that the public interest in road safety outweighs their concerns over the project's effect on several endemic species.