Court Halts Timber Sale in National Forest
A federal appeals court has temporarily halted a timber sale in the Gallatin National Forest that environmentalists argue would damage wildlife habitat near Yellowstone National Park.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued an emergency injunction late Friday, said Tim Bechtold, who represents the three conservation groups that filed the lawsuit in July. The stay halts logging and road building, he said.
The groups contend that the Forest Service used improper data in an environmental assessment of the Darroch-Eagle timber sale.
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