Judge halts US logging plan in Vermont

Title

Judge halts US logging plan in Vermont

Subject

In 1995, as part of making a stand in the growing environmental issue of logging on public land, a Vermont judge blocked the US Forest Service from clearing 300 acres. This is was recorded as the first instance of a federal court halting forest clearing on federal land.

Description

Judge halts the logging efforts of the US government.

Creator

Scott Allen

Source

Boston Globe

Date

1995-12-16

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Citation

Scott Allen, “Judge halts US logging plan in Vermont,” Fifty Years of Green: An Environmental History of Middlebury College since 1965, accessed December 2, 2024, https://goldenorb.middlebury.edu/fyg/items/show/69.

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