Forest Service re-examines Lolo logging project

Published August 17, 2012 3:18pm ET



HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service has re-examined the effects of a logging project on lynx habitat in an attempt to lift a judge’s block of the Lolo National Forest project.

U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy ruled in June that the Forest Service did not properly analyze the cumulative effects of the 2,038-acre Colt-Summit project on lynx habitat. He ruled in favor of the rest of the proposal but sent that part back for further consideration.

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