Conservation groups hail settlement of lawsuit to protect Ochoco Forest riparian areas from logging
Oregon Wild
Black Mountain Project area on the Ochoco National Forest
PENDLETON, Ore. (KTVZ) -- A federal judge on Monday approved a settlement between Central Oregon LandWatch, Oregon Wild and the U.S. Forest Service to exclude sensitive riparian habitat from a proposed logging project in the Ochoco National Forest, the two conservation groups announced.
On April 20, LandWatch and Oregon Wild filed a lawsuit challenging the Ochoco National Forest’s Black Mountain project out of concern for protecting elk habitat, clean water, and wetlands from logging.