Environmental Groups and Forest Service Settle Cayuga Timber Sale Lawsuit
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Today, the Environmental Law & Policy Center (ELPC) and Habitat Education Center (HEC) agreed to a settlement with the United States Forest Service on the Cayuga Project timber sale, which approved logging of more than 5,200 acres in the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest near Clam Lake, Wisconsin. The Forest Service’s earlier approval of the Cayuga timber sale had been declared illegal and reversed and remanded by the United States District Court in Milwaukee in 2005.
The settlement will defer logging and road building for four years on 2,000 acres that scientists have identified as critically important for wildlife habitat, clean water, at-risk species protection and the overall health of the forest. Before approving any future logging in any of the deferred areas, the Forest Service is required to meet with ELPC, HEC and other stakeholders to discuss current scientific data on the heain light of new information.
Read the full press release on the Cayuga timber sale lawsuit settlement.
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