Montana Logging Project to Continue as Groups Litigate Approval

A logging project in Montana will proceed after a federal appeals court ruled Friday that the US Forest Service adequately explained how the project complies with the Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest management plan.

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld a lower court’s opinion that the agency provided sufficient analysis and data behind its approval of the Wood Duck logging project in compliance with both the National Environmental Policy Act and the National Forest Management Act.

The Native Ecosystems Council, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, and the Council on Wildlife and Fish argued thatthe USFS ...