A logging project in Flathead National Forest survived a lawsuit from environmental groups after a federal judge ruled the US Forest Service adequately studied impacts on the endangered grizzly bear.
The Endangered Species Act study underpinning the Round Star Vegetation Management Project was upheld by the US District Court for the District of Montana on Tuesday, which ruled the agency reasonably determined that increased road activity wouldn’t harm the protected species.
While groups highlighted additional data on road activity outside of federal lands that the Forest Service didn’t include in its analysis, “the ESA’s best available science standard does not ...
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