Federal judge halts logging project near Libby because of grizzly, lynx concerns

A federal judge has temporarily halted a large timber logging project in the Cabinet-Yaak Mountains after he said the United States Forest Service failed to properly take into account grizzly bear and Canada lynx population in the area.

The Ripley logging project, which authorized more than 10,000 acres of logging, including more than 3,000 acres of clear-cutting, has been stopped while the Forest Service takes into account the two species...