Friends of Gualala River v. Gualala Redwood Timber, LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 5 FRIENDS OF GUALALA RIVER, et al., Case No. 20-cv-06453-JD

Plaintiffs,

ORDER RE PRELIMINARY

v. INJUNCTION

GUALALA REDWOOD TIMBER, LLC, Re: Dkt. No. 61 Defendant.

11 In this environmental lawsuit, plaintiffs Friends of Gualala River (FOGR) and the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) challenge the Dogwood Timber Harvesting Plan (Dogwood THP) approved by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) for a logging project proposed by defendant Gualala Redwood Timber, LLC (GRT) in a privately-owned forest on the Gualala River floodplain. Plaintiffs allege that the logging will despoil the Gualala River ecosystem and result in a taking of four protected species: the California red-legged frog; the northern spotted owl; the Northern California steelhead; and the California Central Coast Coho salmon. See Dkt. No. 1. They have asked to enjoin implementation of the Dogwood THP under the Endangered Species Act, 16 U.S.C. §§ 1531 et…