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Appeal filed in forest access case

April 05, 2017 | By DAMIEN SCHIFF

Today, we filed our notice of appeal in Granat v. USDA, a challenge to the Forest Service’s massive route-closure initiative on the Plumas National Forest in northeastern California. In 2005, the Forest Service promulgated a Travel Management Rule. The Rule’s purpose was to formalize and combine the existing network of legally authoriz ...

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Fighting to keep public lands open to all

June 10, 2016 | By DAMIEN SCHIFF

Yesterday, we filed our final trial court briefs in Granat v. USDA, PLF’s challenge to the Forest Service’s mass road and trail closure on the Plumas National Forest in northeastern California.  Our case focuses on the agency’s decision to close to all motor vehicle access nearly 700 miles of existing, legally authorized roads ...

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Americans to the U.S. Forest Service : don't shut us out of our national forests

March 18, 2015 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

In a democracy, there are few things more troublesome to the body politic (or to just plain folks) than bureaucrats who ingest large doses of self-importance while trying to expand their limited powers.  If it weren’t so dangerous, it’d be pitiful. … ...