Trump-era rule change allowing the logging of old-growth forests violates laws, judge says
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Earlier this year, President Joe Biden signed an executive order directing federal land managers to identify threats to older trees and measures to safeguard them.
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Earlier this year, President Joe Biden signed an executive order directing federal land managers to identify threats to older trees and measures to safeguard them.
A judge rules that the U.S. Forest Service violated the National Environmental Policy Act, the National Forest Management Act and the Endangered Species Act.
The findings came in response to a lawsuit filed by environmental groups over the change. Hallman recommended that the U.S. Forest Service should be required to prepare a full environmental impact statement related to the change.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Andrew Hallman on Thursday found that the U.S. Forest Service violated the National Environmental Policy Act, the National Forest Management Act and the Endangered Species Act.
A U.S. judge has ruled that a Trump-era rule change, which allows the harvesting of older trees in the Pacific Northwest, is in violation of several environmental laws.
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