tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62358355613243259572012-02-16T00:53:46.200-08:00Northwest Snowsports AdvocatesNorthwest Snowsports Advocateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701785258300469353noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235835561324325957.post-24278193026645116982012-01-19T22:23:00.001-08:002012-01-19T22:51:43.581-08:00Mt. Ashland<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Mt. Ashland expansion update: </b></span></div><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">A federal court injunction has prevented Mt. Ashland from doing any expansionwork until the U.S. Forest Service (“landlord”) addressed some issuesraised by opponents of the expansion, mostly about whether new chairlifts andtrails would affect habitat for the Pacific fisher, a weasel-like mammal that’sknown to be present in the Siskiyou Mountains.<br /><br />The U.S. Forest Service has completed the work to correct the deficiencies inits environmental review, and is beginning the legal process to have theinjunction lifted. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Nothing can happen on the ground until the legal process grinds to afinal resolution. <br /><br />More information: http://www.mtashland.com/News.asp?NewsID=269 </span><br /><br /><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6235835561324325957-2427819302664511698?l=nwsnowsportsadvocates.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Northwest Snowsports Advocateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701785258300469353noreply@blogger.com0