Ongoing litigation between the U.S. Forest Service and conservation group Alliance for the Wild Rockies centers on the proposed Hanna Flats Good Neighbor Authority Project, which the group says violates federal law and would destroy habitat for North Idaho grizzly bears.
April 12, 2025
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Decision extends freeze on USFS Project
Litigation surrounding Bonner County forestry work could go on
The USFS’ Hanna Flats Good Neighbor Authority Project, which the agency has said would reduce insect disease and catastrophic wildfire risk and is planned to include 2,352 acres of timber harvest, prescribed fire and reforestation work, has been challenged in court since 2018 by conservation group Alliance for the Wild Rockies.