Oregon suspends logging amid marbled murrelet lawsuit
July 2, 2012, www.oregonlive.com | “In a first, Oregon officials have suspended timber sales on hundreds of acres amid a legal battle with conservation groups over the threatened marbled murrelet. The deferrals, which include suspending planned timber bids and halting logging, apply to areas in Tillamook, Clatsop and Elliott state forests that are used by the threatened seabird.”
“~ This amazing bird lives in the ocean, but flies many miles inland to build nests on the large limbs of ancient forest trees.
Oregon suspends logging amid marbled murrelet lawsuit
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The deferrals, which include suspending planned timber bids and halting logging, apply to areas in Tillamook, Clatsop and Elliott state forests that are used by the threatened seabird.”
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