Judge says Forest Service must consider grizzly bears before Bitterroot logging project can proceed

By: Darrell Ehrlick

Outlets: Idaho Capital Sun

Published: April 5, 2026

Words: 681

Last Updated: 3 months, 3 weeks ago

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A thinning and logging project spanning more than 55,000 acres in the Sapphire Mountains of the Bitterroot National Forest has been paused after a federal magistrate judge found the United States Forest Service had failed to properly analyze new evidence of grizzly bears being in the area.

Two groups, Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Native Ecosystems Council, filed the legal challenge, which was assigned to federal Magistrate Judge Kathleen DeSoto regarding the project, which …

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