Nation IN BRIEF : WASHINGTON : Judge Lifts Logging Ban in Owl Habitat
A federal judge in Seattle lifted a year-old ban on logging in national forests where northern spotted owls live. U.S. District Judge William Dwyer said the Forest Service had satisfied his demand for a plan to protect the threatened bird. But Dwyer said his decision doesn’t preclude a challenge to the plan. Such a challenge is contained in a lawsuit filed by the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund on behalf of 11 conservation groups. The Forest Service plan would restrict logging on 5.9 million acres of national forest in Oregon, Washington and Northern California. Opponents contend it would still allow logging where owls live.
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