Judge Blocks Bush Admin Plan To Log In Giant Sequoia National Monument...

Associated Press Posted August 22, 2006 11:54 PM
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A federal judge ruled Tuesday that a Bush administration plan to allow commercial logging inside the Giant Sequoia National Monument violates environmental laws.

U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer sided with environmental groups that sued the U.S. Forest Service over its plans for managing the 328,000-acre preserve, home to two-thirds of the world’s largest trees.

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