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Learn about our past legal cases in the docket below.

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Alpine Lakes Protection Society, et al. v. Washington State Forest Practices Board

Washington State Supreme Court No. 79993-8

Appeal filed August 2005; Court of Appeals issued decision October, 2006; Petition for Review filed March, 2007 (joined with ALPS v. Ecology, below); the Supreme Court denied review in February 2008, terminating the case

Cumulative Effects, Forest Aesthetics

Alpine Lakes Protection Society, et al. v. Washington State Department of Ecology

Washington State Supreme Court No. 79993-8

Appeal filed July 2004; Court of Appeals issued decision October, 2006; Petition for Review filed March, 2007 (joined with ALPS v. FPB, above);  the Supreme Court denied review in February 2008, terminating the case

Cumulative Effects, Forest Aesthetics

The Mountaineers v. DNR and Plum Creek Timber Company

Thurston County Superior Court No. 02-2-00490-1

Stayed in Superior Court pending a resolution of ALPS v. FPB and ALPS v. Ecology; the Supreme Court denied review of the companion cases in February 2008, terminating the case

Cumulative Effects, Forest Aesthetics

Seattle Audubon Society v. Norton

U. S. District Court, W.D. Washington, No. C05-1835

Case settled in September, 2006; Services agreed to do a Recovery Plan

Northern Spotted Owl Recovery Plan

Washington Environmental Council v. Sutherland 

King County Superior Court No. 04-2-26461-8SEA

 

Judge Armstrong ruled in favor of plaintiffs, Sept. 27, 2005

 

Sustainable Harvest, Cumulative Effects, Northern Spotted Owl, Salmon

 

State Owned Forests v. Sutherland

Washington State Supreme Court No. 76431-0

 

The Court of Appeals issued a decision in 2004; the Supreme Court denied review in 2005, terminating the case.

 

Cumulative Effects, State Trust Lands

Washington Environmental Council v. DNR and Weyerhaeuser Company

Forest Practices Appeals Board No. 01-007

Decision issued April 2002.

Channel Migration

 

Kettle Range Conservation Group v. DNR and Stimson Lumber Company 

Washington State Supreme Court No. 75358-0

The Court of Appeals issued a decision in 2003; the Supreme Court denied review in 2004, terminating this case.

 

Cumulative Effects

NWEA v. Washington State Forest Practices Board

Washington State Supreme Court No. 70874-6

The Supreme Court issued a decision in April 2003.

 

Cumulative Effects, Forest Practices