National Forest Legal News Blog

Stimulus funds were at work on the Los Padres National Forest.  As such, the Forest Service put to work clearing brush and overgrowth from the side of its roads.  But they apparently did so without getting ForestWatch's approval.  Remember folks you have to get environmentalists permission before pullign weeds.  Anyways, ForestWatch has filed suit argued that the Forest Service should have conducted a full-blown EIS before pulling any weeds along the roadway.  Hopefully, there will be a commonsense Judge who will kick this thing from the beginning.  However, as we all know the environmentalists never get stuck with frivolous lawsuit sanctions so there is no disincentive.  You can read more about it at Courthouse News Service and read the Complaint here.