Nation IN BRIEF : OREGON : Old-Growth Logging Halted on BLM Land
A federal judge in Portland, Ore., issued a preliminary injunction blocking all logging in old-growth forests on U.S. Bureau of Land Management property because of danger to the threatened northern spotted owl’s habitat. U.S. District Judge Helen Frye issued the injunction in a lawsuit by several environmental groups. The preliminary injunction will block 26 timber sales awarded by the BLM since Dec. 31 and 23 sales scheduled to be offered in February and March. “This injunction is a nail in the coffin of the economies of western Oregon,” said Ralph Saperstein, vice president of the Northwest Forestry Assn.
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