Judge halts major logging project near Whitefish

By: Micah Drew

Outlets: Daily Montanan

Published: April 2, 2026

Words: 747

Last Updated: 3 months, 4 weeks ago

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A federal judge in Missoula has stopped a logging project on 28,000 acres of Flathead National Forest land near Whitefish, agreeing with a coalition of conservation organizations the federal government had neglected to consider risks to critical lynx habitat and consider cumulative effects of a nearby project.

“There is one primary reason we took the U.S. Forest Service to court — and won — over the Round Star Logging Project,” Mike Garrity, …

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