Montana
Federal Approval of Montana Logging Project Survives Lawsuit
A 16,700-acre logging project outside Missoula, Mont. will continue after a federal judge ruled the US Bureau of Land Management adequately reviewed potential impacts to endangered grizzly bears and Canada lynx.
The agency properly calculated road density and the increased traffic through the Garnet Mountain range even if several routes have since become impassible through vegetation growth and will have to be cleared in critical habitat areas, according to an order issued Thursday by the US District Court for the District of Montana.
Judge Dana L Christensen granted summary judgment for the bureau in 2024 lawsuit over its approval of …