The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) signed the decision record to approve the Griffin Half Moon Vegetation Management Project Environmental Assessment (EA) on August 15, 2018. Four environmental groups challenged the decision in Federal court. The Court granted summary judgment to the BLM on one issue (Pacific fisher) and to the plaintiffs on another (great grey owl).
The Court vacated the EA and its decision record and enjoined the BLM from implementing the project until the BLM completes a new EA that adequately addresses the proposal’s effects on the great grey owl.