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Recent print and broadcast news coverage of WFLC'c legal cases and advocacy issues listed chronologically. You may also browse news coverage by issue using the menu in the sidebar.
Aug 01, 2007: Seattle Times: "Judge blocks logging of privately owned spotted owl habitat"
August 1, 2007; A federal judge today issued a preliminary injunction to stop Weyerhaeuser Co. from logging in spotted owl habitat on four parcels of private land in Washington.
Aug 01, 2007: Seattle P-I: "Weyerhaeuser ordered not to log owl habitat"
August 1, 2007 - Injunction forbids work at four sites until Audubon suit is concluded
Jun 27, 2007: Seattle P-I: "Bush Administration: Too cozy by half"
June 27, 2007; The obsequious way a federal agency handled the Weyerhaeuser Co. on spotted owl issues tells a larger story about life under the Bush administration. These times are so sweet for those with money that even when the government is concerned that a company's logging may hurt an endangered species, the corporation gets a chance to edit a letter about those worries.
Jun 23, 2007: Seattle P-I: "Weyerhaeuser got to edit U.S. letter on logging, owls"
June 23, 2007; Fish and Wildlife Service defends move
Jun 13, 2007: Seattle P-I: "Bush administration wants cut in protection for spotted owl"
June 13, 2007; Proposal would trim preserved habitat
May 09, 2007: Seattle Times: "What's good for state's forests is certifiably good for everyone"
May 9, 2007 -- The Washington Department of Natural Resources took an important step forward in announcing its intent to seek Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification for 141,000 acres of state forests in the Puget Sound region.
Mar 08, 2007: Seattle Times: "State will seek "green" OK for logging on some forests"
March 7, 2007 -- In a partial win for environmentalists, Washington's state-owned forestlands could for the first time earn an environmental stamp of approval for logging practices.
Mar 08, 2007: Seattle PI: "DNR seeks green star for logging"
March 7, 2007 -- The state Department of Natural Resources has decided to seek the greenest of the green seals of approval for some of its logging operations.
Feb 16, 2007: The Olympian: "Timber deal saves owl habitat"
March 22, 2006 -- Conservation groups and the state, Department of Natural Resources settled a lawsuit Tuesday that claimed the state agency isn’t doing enough on state forest lands to protected the endangered northern spotted owl.
Feb 16, 2007: Seattle PI: "Accord reached on state forests"
March 22, 2006 -- In a stark break from their usual animosity, environmentalists and the state Board of Natural Resources on Tuesday settled their long-standing feud over protecting spotted owls and salmon on 1.4 million acres of state-owned timberlands.
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