Timber lawsuit

Federal judge rules BLM ignored “significant evidence” of protected old growth forests within its logging plans.

The lawsuit claims that the cutting of these old-growth trees is against federal rules, and that a defendant had promised a judge the trees would not be cut.

Environmental activists in Southern Oregon say the fight to protect forests has grown more difficult under the Trump administration.

Two environmental groups are challenging a timber sale outside of Springfield that they say is the largest clear-cut on federal land in 20 years. The…