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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 2002

A federal judge on Monday suspended the sale of timber from a fire-ravaged national forest, saying a top U.S. Forest Service official approved the plan without consulting the public.

U.S. District Judge Donald W. Molloy in Montana had already granted a preliminary junction against the harvesting of more than 40,000 acres of the Bitterroot National Forest. Environmental groups said the salvage logging would harm the bull trout, listed as "threatened" under the Endangered Species Act.

The forest was hit by fires in the summer of 2000 and the sale was aimed at restoring it, said the Forest Service.

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Relevant Links:
Roadless Forest Plan - http://roadless.fs.fed.us
The US Forest Service - http://www.fs.fed.us

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