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Defending the Public's Ability to Obtain Injunctions Against Harmful Logging
In order to retain the public’s right to have the courts set aside harmful logging projects, the Western Environmental Law Center is defending against a Supreme Court petition by the Forest Service that would weaken the standards by which the courts review such projects.
Earth Island Institute and Center for Biological Diversity won a significant victory enjoining a harmful timber sale in California, and the Forest Service has petitioned the Supreme Court to review the case, arguing that the standards that the courts use in reviewing such projects should be weakened. If the Forest Service succeeds, it would make it harder for citizen groups receive relief from the courts from such harmful timber projects and other illegal government actions. WELC is helping to defend against the Forest Service’s Supreme Court petition, in order to retain the public’s right to have the courts set aside such harmful projects when they are proposed by the government.
Attorney: Matt Kenna