National Audubon Society: Legal Victory in the Tongass National Forest Goes Unchallenged by Department of Justice
October 23, 2020
October 23, 2020
NEW YORK, Oct. 23 -- The National Audubon Society issued the following news on Oct. 22:
The U.S. Department of Justice has decided against appealing the decision by a federal court in June which vacated the U.S. Forest Service's plan to log a 1.8 million-acre project area on Prince of Wales Island in Southeast Alaska. The court entered its order to dismiss the previously filed appeal today.
"Putting an end to this logging plan protects the voice of the people in f . . .
The U.S. Department of Justice has decided against appealing the decision by a federal court in June which vacated the U.S. Forest Service's plan to log a 1.8 million-acre project area on Prince of Wales Island in Southeast Alaska. The court entered its order to dismiss the previously filed appeal today.
"Putting an end to this logging plan protects the voice of the people in f . . .