A federal appeals court upheld a 2013 U.S. Forest Service plan to allow construction of logging roads in Montana’s Kootenai National Forces over the objections
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Court OKs Logging in Grizzly Bear Habitat
Federal agency approval of a logging plan in protected habitat for the threatened grizzly bear in Montana, a federal appeals court has ruled. The 9th

Court Blocks Nevada Open-Pit Mine
The Bureau of Land Management failed to give adequate analysis of air pollution levels for a proposed 8,300-acre open-pit molybdenum mine near Eureka, Nevada, a federal

Water Districts Challenge Smelt Fish Protections
Major California agricultural water districts have accused the state’s Central Valley Water Project of environmental law violation in a 2008 plan that allowed increased water

Sage Grouse Delays Oregon Wind Project
Oregon environmentalists won reinstatement of their challenge to a wind-energy development that they say the Bureau of Land Management approved without adequately addressing harm to

San Diego Navy Development Sails Through Court
The Navy’s downtown waterfront $1.3 billion development project cleared its potentially last environmental hurdle Wednesday with a federal appeals court approval. The 9th U.S. Circuit