Helicopter Data

The Ninth Circuit <a href="http://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/helicopterwilderness.pdf"><strong>narrowed</strong></a> an injunction granted in favor of Wilderness Watch, which ordered the “non-use and destruction” of data gathered from elk and wolves during a helicopter operation in the Frank Church–River of No Return Wilderness Area in Idaho. The circuit court found the order improperly imposed a delay on all future similar helicopter-assisted projects and should be applied only to projects in the wilderness area at issue.

SAN FRANCISCO – The Ninth Circuit narrowed an injunction granted in favor of Wilderness Watch, which ordered the “non-use and destruction” of data gathered from elk and wolves during a helicopter operation in the Frank Church–River of No Return Wilderness Area in Idaho. The circuit court found the order improperly imposed an implementation delay on all future similar helicopter-assisted projects and should be applied only to projects in the wilderness area at issue.

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