PORT ANGELES — Clallam Superior Court Judge Elizabeth Stanley took Earth Law Center’s request for a preliminary injunction request under advisement following 90 minutes of oral arguments Friday.

The arguments were made by attorneys for the Earth Law Center (ELC), the Center for Whale Research and the Orca Network and for the state Department of National Resources.

Stanley’s oral or written response either granting or denying the request will be issued within 90 days.

The ELC sought the injunction to halt logging and related activities, specifically road construction, on DNR forest lands within the Elwha River watershed.

The ELC argued that the DNR did not follow its own policies to preserve set-asides for older forest target thresholds on the Parched and Tree Well parcels, and it “buri

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