The appeal in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals seeks to overturn a decision by the U.S. Forest Service to cut trees and chaparral across the 755-acre project area.
Center for Biological Diversity: LOS ANGELES Conservation groups filed an appeal today asking the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to cancel a controversial logging and vegetation clearing project atop Pine Mountain and Reyes Peak in Southern California’s Los Padres National Forest.
The project would thin 755 acres that the U.S. Forest Service says would alleviate fire risks, but lawsuits call it an improperly vetted vestige of the Trump administration.
The United States Forest Service is facing a host of lawsuits over its authorization of the Reyes Peak Forest Health and Fuels Reduction Project in the