Posted by: Sandy Steinman | July 27, 2023

Forest thinning on Pine Mountain can move forward after court ruling 

LA Times  reports

An effort to stop the U.S. Forest Service from taking chain saws to a section of Los Padres National Forest that is home to old-growth pines and a multitude of native plants and wildlife has hit a dead end.

A lawsuit filed last year by the county of Ventura, the city of Ojai, the Patagonia clothing company and other environmental groups aimed at blocking the Forest Service plan to thin the trees on Pine Mountain was dismissed last week by a federal judge.

Read more at Forest thinning on Pine Mountain can move forward after court ruling – Los Angeles Times


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  1. Kim's avatar

    Terrible that the judge didn’t understand the big picture that the scientists tried to explain. Ugh

  2. Kim's avatar

    Terrible that a judge didn’t understand what the scientists were trying to explain!


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