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Conservation Groups Challenge BLM SW Oregon Old-Growth Timber Sale
Conservation Groups Challenge BLM SW Oregon Old-Growth Timber Sale

Today forest conservation organizations filed a legal challenge in Medford federal district court  challenging the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) latest old-growth timber sale located in the Cascade foothills east of the community of Sunny Valley, Oregon. 

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Approval of old-growth timber sales in northern spotted owl habitat violated Endangered Species Act
Approval of old-growth timber sales in northern spotted owl habitat violated Endangered Species Act

Judge in the District Court for the District of Oregon ruled that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service justification for Bureau of Land Management timber sales totaling nearly 18,000 acres including old growth forests violated the Endangered Species Act.

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