TITLE

Texas timber harvesting halted

PUB. DATE
February 1998
SOURCE
Forest Products Journal;Feb98, Vol. 48 Issue 2, p12
SOURCE TYPE
Academic Journal
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
Reports on the ruling of a federal court judge barring all timber harvesting in Texas' four national forests until the Forest Service can demonstrate its compliance with the National Forest Management Act (NFMA). Lawsuit filed by the Sierra Club, Wilderness Society and the Texas Committee on Natural Resources; Violations allegedly committed by the Forest Service.
ACCESSION #
307895

Tags: LOGGING;  FOREST management

 

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