The U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced their intent to appeal a court decision that found their management plan in Montana’s Flathead National Forest illegal.
In March, a district court found the agencies did not examine the plan’s impact on grizzly bears and bull trout, and in June the court found additional impacts to grizzlies from existing plans. Earthjustice challenged the Flathead National Forest Plan on behalf of Friends of the Wild Swan and Swan View Coalition.
“The Court was correct finding the Flathead and Fish and Wildlife Service at fault, they should be prioritizing removing roads, not building new ones,” said Arlene Montgomery of Friends of the Wild Swan.
