let's give a shout out to judge marsha pechman

Judge halts Northwest logging rules

.........SEATTLE - A federal judge struck down a move by the Bush
administration to ease logging restrictions in the Northwest, saying
the government failed to consider the effect on rare plants and animals.
U.S.
District Judge Marsha Pechman said in her ruling Monday that under federal law,
authorities had an obligation to show why the logging restrictions should be
changed

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you go grrrl!