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Archive Home > 2012 > August > 14 > Lawsuit targets forest rules

Lawsuit targets forest rules

* Federal planning guidelines overemphasize sustainability, a timber industry group claims

By Andrew Clevenger / The Bulletin
August 14, 2012

WASHINGTON — A group of timber industry associations and other organizations sued Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and the U.S. Forest Service on Monday over the agency’s new planning rule for national forests.

In a lawsuit filed in federal court in Washington, D.C., the plaintiffs contend....

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