Legal Opinion
Ebbetts Pass Forest Watch v. California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
California Supreme Court
Decided May 22, 2008No. S143689PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
WERDEGAR, J.
Real party in interest Sierra Pacific Industries (Sierra Pacific) submitted, and defendant California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CDF) approved, three timber harvest plans for the logging of trees on private land in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Two conservation groups, Ebbetts Pass Forest Watch and the Central Sierra Environmental Resource Center (plaintiffs), sought a writ of mandate to overturn the approvals, contending, inter alia, that CDF had not followed the law (i.e., the Z’berg-Nejedly Forest Practice Act of 1973, Pub. Resources Code, § 4511 et seq.…
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