Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, February 20, 1992, Page 5, Image 5

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    Federal judge blocks
logging of old-growth
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SAP) A fcdcr.il
juiij^r issued it pre
ilmiruiry triune
lion WiHJra’suuv biookmk; .tii
losing in '.old-growth forests nn
I S Bureau of Land Manage
merit properly.
t S I)istrir t Judge Helen
I rve took, the action in a long
standing lawsuit hv 11 environ
mental groups
The lawsuit contends that the
ULM violated provisions ol the
National blnvironmental I’olic v
Ar t hy failing to do an environ
mental statement detailing the
impart of old-growth logging
on the northern spotter! owl
habitat
l-rye earlier had issued a tern
porury restraining order halting
the logging.
1‘he preliminary injunction is
to remain in effect until she
rules on the merits of the case
later this spring She gave the
plaintiffs ami the ULM until
ieh 2H to file a motion tor
summary judgment and i-ndi
rated she plans to rule within
(Hi tiavs The plaintiffs want the
logging stopped until the envi
ronmental statement is com
pleted
A limber industry spokesman
warned of dire < onseipiences td
me ruling
This injunc tion is ,i nail m
lin- coffin of the oi oriomies of
Western Oregon." said Ralph
Superslein, vit i" president of
tin- Northwest Forestry Associ
iition Ten thmis.mil |of>s are
a! stake .is a result of tills .11
tton
It couldn't come .it .1 worse
time Lumber prices and piv
wood prices are nearly at re
( uid high levels, yet the timber
supply is also at ret ord low lev
els "
Me noted that the sales
scheduled for tin* eurlv part of
tins v. ir had la etl appfuved by
tl.e ! S F isii and W iidhie Set
v ice
Fins .11 (ton actually circum
vents tfie 'endangered Spec lev
Act." Sa|MTslem said
Bui Ve Slier, ullornev lot the
Sierra (Tub Legal Defense
l und said the Dl.M did not
pt vide the Fish and Wildlife
Servile with complete in forma
Thr decision to slonewnil
on this issue tor the last five
years is what's brought BI.SI to
this situation now Stier said
It has no one to blame but it
self "
In a 17-pugti opinion that ac
i:oin|i,inil'll the order, Frye
1 ited a ruling last year by W S
District Judge William Dwyer
that Halted old-growth logging
on national forest land for simi
lar reasons
This court is bound by the
laws of Congress and judicial
precedent." 1-rye w rote
The preliminary injunction
him ks 24 |jmt>er sales awarded
b\ tile IS1.M since Dei ,! 1 and
2 I sales si heduled to la- offered
ill February and Mari h Frye s
opinion said
l ogging bad begun on two of
the sales but lias stopped Two
other sales i n i t iu 11 V wii re
bloi ked In the temporary re
straining order but have been
allowed to resume in a deal
worked out by lawyers ior
I’acifidorp and the environ
mental groups
I be two sales are being
logged to clear the way tor a
power transmission line in
Southwestern ( begun
II I rye's linal ruling on the
merits of the case is in favor ol
mo environmentalists, n also
would apply to the I I limiter
sales th.it .ire being considered
for exemption from the Kndan
gefed Species Alt hv til*' Hush
.id m in istr.it ion 's Knil angered
Species Committee, known is
the t ,od Siju.id
It confirms tlmt the God
Squad should never have been
convened.' Slier said of I rye's
dei isu m Wednesday And it
iIidli .lies that III' are highly
likely to pri'S all III ( nUrt Oil OUf
I BLM I . 1 ’
\L-;i’A Sim i i om|i!i.ini e v. dli
Nlfl’A is a prerequisite to grain
lug ol an exemption by the Cod
Squad I think the buildwriling
is on this y\ all pretty i ieariy
The environmental groups
argued that s< lenlllil el idem e
indicated that further logging of
old-growth forests on HI M land
would damage sp .tied tiwl
habitat
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