Forest Conservation Council et al. v. United States Forest Service, Appeal No. 05-35166. CSE (formerly Forest Conservation Council) and seven other plaintiffs seek to compel the U.S. Forest Service to consider the wide range of ecosystem service benefits associated with unlogged forests as well as the externalized costs of logging when the agency prepares timber sales and other management activities on national forest lands. Without considering these benefits and costs, Forest Service decisions are biased in favor of logging. This case is now under appeal before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which heard oral arguments on September 11th. Read:

Appeal Brief  Economic Case Against National Forest Logging