'01 Clinton logging plan challenged
Rocky Mountain News
Published May 5, 2005 at midnight
The Wyoming attorney general and an environmental lawyer challenged the legitimacy of a 2001 Clinton administration logging plan Wednesday before the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals.
The plan set aside 58 million acres nationwide as roadless areas in which logging is prohibited. It also barred the U.S. Forest Service from maintaining roads in those areas.
Wyoming Attorney General Pat Crank said rules need to be determined on a forest-by-forest basis.
In 2003, U.S. District Judge Clarence Brimmer, of Wyoming, voided the plan, saying it was an illegal attempt to create wilderness areas.
Wyoming also challenged the legality of groups appealing Brimmer's ruling, saying the groups can't force the federal government to keep a rule it doesn't want.
Attorneys in the case said the court could take anywhere from a month to a year to render a ruling.
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