Earth Island Institute v. Elliot

ELR Citation: 47 ELR 20149
No(s). 1:17-cv-01320-LJO-MJS (E.D. Cal. Nov 16, 2017) (O'Neill, J.)

A district court held that a Forest Service fire salvage restoration project could proceed despite its risk to protected species. The Cedar Fire began on August 16, 2016, and burned for three weeks over 29,000 acres of mixed conifer and white fir forest, most of which were in the Sequoia National Fo...