Federal judge halts Ripley logging project, orders Forest Service to do more work
A view from Panoramic View Drive Oct. 18 with lands in the Ripley Project area in the background. (Will Langhorne/The Western News)
A federal judge has ruled that the United States Forest Service failed to adequately analyze the effects of a large logging project on grizzly bears and lynx in northwestern Montana, and ordered the agency to complete more work, halting the project until those analyses are completed.
Judge Dana L...
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