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September 19, 2014 - This week, the Federal Court denied a plaintiffs’ motion for a temporary restraining order (TRO) calling for an injunction to stop the implementation of the Rim Fire Recovery Decision (Decision) in the Stanislaus National Forest.  The lawsuit, backed by several environmental groups including the Center for Biological Diversity, the Earth Island Institute, and the California Chaparral Institute, was filed in federal court on September 4, 2014.  The complaint alleges the United States Forest Service (USFS) failed to prepare an analysis of the impact the logging will have on California’s spotted owls and other critical habitat. 

The Decision was released by Stanislaus National Forest Supervisor Susan Skalski last month in an effort to address some of the effects of last year’s devastating Rim Fire.  The Decision sanctioned the harvesting of burned trees on 24 square miles within the fire-damaged area, in addition to 28 square miles around roads and other areas to improve the public’s safety on those roads. 

The Decision immediately came under fire from certain factions of the environmental community, and the TRO was their attempt to prevent work from moving forward immediately.  Should the work be delayed, the value of the salvaged timber will be considerably diminished and therefore the cost to complete the project would increase dramatically.  The denial of the TRO is a victory for good forest management, and for that region so desperately in need of recovery efforts.

The court decision can be accessed here.