Judge halts US logging plan in Vermont

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Title

Judge halts US logging plan in Vermont

Description

In 1995, as part of making a stand in the growing environmental issue of logging on public land, a Vermont judge blocked the US Forest Service from clearing 300 acres. This is was recorded as the first instance of a federal court halting forest clearing on federal land.

Creator

Scott Allen

Source

Boston Globe

Publisher

Boston Globe Archives

Date

1995-12-16

Identifier

69

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Collection

Citation

Scott Allen, “Judge halts US logging plan in Vermont,” (Almost) Sixty Years of Green: Middlebury College's Environmental History, accessed October 15, 2026, https://kathryntmorse.middcreate.net/omeka/items/show/519.