Debates over the utility of the Endangered Species Act often focus on the alleged costs of protecting listed species. Here's a good and recent example concerning the marbled murrelet, a small song bird listed as a threatened species since 1992. The State of Oregon has been considering selling timberland in the Elliott State Forest in Coos Count ...
In 2012, Oregon-based Scott Timber Co. purchased a contract from the federal Bureau of Land Management to harvest 187 acres of a western Oregon forest designated for timber harvesting. As part of the sale, the Bureau prepared an environmental assessment and a "Finding of No Significant Impact" pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA ...