Cabinet Mountains Wilderness. Photo by Peyton Olson.
By: Tristan Scott, Flathead Beacon
A coalition of environmental groups filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging federal agencies’ decision to approve an underground copper-and-silver exploration project in the Cabinet Mountains south of Libby. The groups say the U.S. Forest Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service rushed the environmental review process and did not adequately assess the threats that a potential future mine poses to protected grizzly bears and bull trout.
