coastal marten

The temporary court order includes nighttime restrictions, area closures and a pause on new event permits while the Forest Service conducts further environmental review.

Only a few hundred coastal martens exist. Their range spans from Cape Perpetua in Oregon to Trinidad, on California’s north coast. Researchers are worried that a single catastrophe could send the species on the path to extinction.

A conservation group says it’s going to sue the U.S. Forest Service for failing to protect a rare and threatened species in Oregon.