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Judge finds feds’ environmental analysis of Arizona mine insufficient
The judge said the Forest Service erroneously excluded large swaths of endangered yellow-billed cuckoo habitat likely to be adversely affected by the expansion of a pit mine in the Tonto National Forest.
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A federal judge ruled that the U.S. Forest Service’s environmental review of a pit‑mine expansion in Arizona’s Tonto National Forest was deficient. The court found the agency had mistakenly left out extensive areas of habitat for the endangered yellow‑billed cuckoo, which could be harmed by the project.
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