Lands Council v. Powell

ELR Citation: ELR 20073
No(s). 03-35640 (9th Cir. Aug 13, 2004)

The Ninth Circuit reversed a district court decision dismissing environmental groups' challenge to a timber harvest approved by the U.S. Forest Service as part of a watershed restoration project in the Idaho Panhandle National Forest. The Forest Service failed to take the requisite "hard look" under...