A federal court today ordered the U.S. Forest Service to close 89 miles of off-road vehicle routes in the Eldorado National Forest that cut through and damage fragile Sierra Nevada meadow habitats. The court-imposed remedy implements a May 2011 court decision that found the Forest Service’s “travel-management plan” violated legal protections for meadows as well as threatened California red-legged frogs. In response to the May decision, the Forest reconsidered impacts to the frog and its habitat.