Environmental groups are seeking a temporary restraining order to protect an old-growth forest 37 miles southwest of Eugene that they say is being cut down illegally.
The plaintiffs on the lawsuit are Eugene’s Cascadia Wildlands and Portland-based Crag Law Center and Oregon Wild.
The suit claims that, during two recent visits to an area west of Yoncalla, volunteers from Cascadia Wildlands found multiple trees estimated to be more than 170 years old and more than 40 inches in diameter had been cut down…