The Wilderness Society

For Immediate Release: Monday, August 18, 2008
Contact: Andrea Wuebker/Laena Fallon

GREGG APPLAUDS FEDERAL COURT RULING IN FAVOR OF FOREST SERVICE’S MANAGEMENT OF WHITE MOUNTAIN NATIONAL FOREST

NEW HAMPSHIRE – U.S. Senator Judd Gregg (R-NH) today applauded Friday’s decision by the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire denying an injunction on the Than and Batchelder Brook timber harvesting projects in the White Mountain National Forest. The injunction, sought by the Sierra Club, Forest Watch, and The Wilderness Society, challenged the projects that were part of the U.S. Forest Service’s 2005 Forest Management Plan. The recent ruling will not allow the challenging environmental groups to halt logging projects in these areas while they appeal the case, which was ruled on in favor of the Forest Service in early June.