Lawsuit Challenges Massive, Decades Long Logging/Burning Project in Nevada’s Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest

Pinyon Jay. Photo: David Menke, USFWS.

WHAT: Three conservation advocacy groups sued the U.S. Forest Service for approving logging and burning throughout Nevada’s Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest in violation of the National Environmental Policy Act, National Forest Management Act, and the Administrative Procedures Act.

Additionally a 60-day Notice of Intent to Sue has been filed against the Forest Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for violating the Endangered Species Act...