Logging on distant forestland in northeast Clark County will doubtless resume now that Legacy Forest Protection Coalition and Associates of Clark County’s movement for a preliminary injunction has been denied.
In his Friday ruling, Clark County Superior Court docket Choose Derek Vanderwood mentioned Legacy Forest Protection Coalition didn’t show that it will doubtless prevail in its movement for a everlasting injunction.
“Given the appellants’ burden and the applicable standard of review, the appellants have failed to demonstrate likelihood of success on the merits,” Vanderwood mentioned within the ruling.
Friday’s ruling additionally vacates a short lived restraining order Vanderwood beforehand accredited in February.
Residents within the space, together with environmental teams, started sounding the alarm in regards to the upcoming timber harvest in August after the state introduced it will public sale off 5 parcels totaling 140-acres throughout the historic Yacolt Burn space, collectively generally known as the Dabbler sale.
In its swimsuit in opposition to the state Division of Pure Sources, Legacy Forest Protection Coalition mentioned the public sale space contained old-growth timber and prime noticed owl habitat.
Attorneys for the environmental group argued in court docket that the state has but to fulfill its goal for preserving noticed owl habitat and shouldn’t sacrifice the forested space in alternate for a restricted quantity of timber income.
The coalition has not but mentioned whether or not it would nonetheless transfer ahead with looking for a everlasting injunction.
