A legal challenge to the commercial logging of 830 acres of old-growth trees on federal forest land near Williams and Murphy, Ore., has prompted the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to delay two timber sales there and to put off related fuels-reduction work aimed at reducing fire danger on 7,500 nearby acres.
One of the timber sales, known as Penn Butte, was scheduled to take place in late May, while a second sale, Late Mungers, was scheduled for July, but both have been put off until Sept. 14 due to the litigation, according to BLM spokesman Kyle Sullivan. He said the fuels-reduction work also has been put on hold.
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