“This is Michael Garrity’s worst nightmare — a healthy stand of lodgepole,” he quipped.
The Alliance for the Wild Rockies, and co-plaintiffs Native Ecosystems Council and Yellowstone to Uintas Connection, allege the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest’s analysis of the project was flawed in numerous ways.
The plaintiffs were in federal court Tuesday in Missoula seeking a preliminary injunction or temporary restraining order that would halt work on the sale — which had been slated to resume in mid-July — until the court has time to fully review the plaintiffs’ February lawsuit. There was no decision Tuesday.
One key concern for plaintiffs is the potential effects of Pintler Face logging on grizzly bears, Canada lynx, and wolverine, all threatened species under the Endangered Species Act.
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