[jazusamo]

"This court decision sends the Forest Service back to square zero and upholds the promise ... that forest plans be meaningful and they actually protect forests," he said.

This decision means the logging industry in the Northwest in spotted owl areas remains shut down, it was a scam then and it remains a scam.

[Parley Baer]

“U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken ruled from Oakland, Calif”

That pretty much sums things up. Another sham ruling.

[Steamburg]

Hope nobody expected any return of a dead industry. Its going to be dead a lot like Detroit except loggers won’t get race points...

[jtill]

Okay, anybody - what do salmon have to do with the Spotted Owl and cutting down forests?

Did you read what the idiot judge had to say? I don’t understand, I thought salmon swam in the rivers and ocean - I had no idea that they inhabited forests.

Someone please enlighten me!

[jazusamo]

Ping!

[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

Good job, Obammie’s commies!

Cut off some more access to our own natural resources...so that we have to import more...so that we (THE STRUGGLING MIDDLE CLASS THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS ECONOMIC MACHINE) have to pay more.

I won't hold my breath waiting for the Leftists and liberals to cry fowl about the other countries that will be exploited for this resource.

[JRandomFreeper]

Spotted owl tastes like chicken.

/johnny

[Costumed Vigilante]

I'm glad to see the Men in Black are paying attention to the things that really matter to the survival of the Republic.

I'd like to propose a monument to current residents of the judicial branch which really captures the spirit of their actions:

[ArmstedFragg]

Lottsa happy loggers in Mexico tonight.

[jonrick46]

Will this judge gain financially from the environmentalists? Will he after he serves his time as a judge be hired as a legal consultant by the environmentalists?

This is one more example of how the Lefties have taken jobs away from Americans through regulation. Weak market demand due to the recession has already caused Weyerhaeuser to layoff workers. This type of wrongheaded litigation from this ruling will insure that jobs will not come back to these areas.

Many of these protected forests have become the domain of pot growers. Oregon is the 10th-ranked marijuana-growing state. These operations are sophisticated with irrigation systems, deer nets and booby traps. The growers know how to plant their crops to evade air surveillance. The pot growers in these areas will continue to grow their pot plants without loggers disrupting their operations.

It is ironic that the tree planting that Weyerhaeuser did in these areas would turn into the habitat for a species of bird that would prevent the harvesting of the trees you planted years ago.