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  1. March 19, 2018

    Forest Service Wants Challenge To Tree-Clearing Project Axed

    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.

  2. November 17, 2017

    Forest Service Can Clear Trees In Wildfire Zone, Judge Says

    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.