Supreme Court won't hear Norbeck Preserve case - KOTA Territory News

Supreme Court won't hear Norbeck Preserve case

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       PIERRE, S.D. (AP) _ South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley
says the U.S. Supreme Court will not hear a case dealing with
timber-cutting on 28,000 preserve acres in the Black Hills National
Forest.
       The Norbeck Wildlife Preserve project is aimed at improving the
habitat on forest land within the preserve, fighting the mountain
pine beetle and reducing the risk of wildfires. A federal judge
last year dismissed a lawsuit against the U.S. Forest Service
claiming that the project violates environmental protection acts.
       The Friends of the Norbeck Group and the Native Ecosystems
Council then lost an appeal to the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals. Jackley says the Supreme Court has now denied a petition
for review of the 8th Circuit decision filed by the two groups.

       
       (Copyright 2012 by The Associated Press.  All Rights Reserved.)

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