The submissive U.S. Forest Service reasserted its opposition to the move but continued to insist it has no authority to block the shipments despite a February U.S. District Court ruling that it does. So Idaho Rivers United and the Nez Perce Tribe have returned to court with a request that the judge do what he said the federal agency can do but won’t: Stop the shipment. Tribal members, meanwhile, attempted to block the highway with their bodies and with stones, which earned them relatively minor citations and fines. The load was off the reservation as of Thursday but still within the confines of the Wild and Scenic Rivers boundaries established more than 30 years ago. Or is that “wild and scenic industrial corridor”?Get the Story:
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