Posted on 08/02/2005 12:56:28 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
SEATTLE - A federal judge struck down a move by the Bush administration to ease logging restrictions in the Northwest, saying the government failed to consider the effect on rare plants and animals.
U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman said in her ruling Monday that under federal law, authorities had an obligation to show why the logging restrictions should be changed.
The rule change, which took effect in the spring of 2004, said forest managers no longer had to look for rare species before logging. Instead, the U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management were to use information provided by state officials in Washington, Oregon and California in determining whether to allow logging, prescribed burns, and trail- or campground-building.
A coalition of environmental groups sued to stop the change, saying it would double logging on federal land in the region and have disastrous consequences for rare species.
The change applied to 5.5 million acres of old-growth and other forests in the Northwest.
Judge Pechman .. 1999 Clinton appointee
1999 Clinton appointment..
In other news, a federal judge just appointed himself president....
This is why the ESA must be relegated to the dustbin of history.
He's not an idiot. He's a communist.
So using the best available information from known environmentalist states is no longer good enough?
Basically, we are to double our efforts and waste more taxpayer dollars in order to achieve the same results, all the while allowing enviromentalist fringe elements the opportunity to sabotage the projects.
I wonder how big the judges house is and how many trees it took to build it??
He's a watermelon.
He is a she - Marsha
The government did take plants and animals into consideration. With less trees the plant life would receive more sunlight, which means more chlorophyll, which means hardier, faster growing plants. And, with less trees, the animals will be able to romp about without being concerned with running into a tree or two!
The lunatic left strikes again ~ legislating from the bench ~ Bump!
She's a watermelon!
"the effect on rare plants and animals"
Yeah .. the effect will be cremated plants and animals. That is no way to protect rare plants and animals.
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