The 1995 Timber Salvage Rider suspended environmental laws to force timber harvesting.

Evidence

Some riders even further required that certain actions be taken regardless of what other applicable environmental laws might dictate. The controversial Timber Salvage Rider that Congress enacted in 1995 is likely the most notorious example in the 1990s. That rider effectively suspended applicable environmental laws such as the National Forest Management Act and Endangered Species Act and required the harvesting of healthy and valuable timber on public lands. The stated purpose was prevention of fire and insect infestation, but the rider’s actual reach was far broader in geographic and substantive scope. — Richard J. Lazarus, The Making of Environmental Law, 705

Categorization

• ADDENDUM: The Timber Salvage Rider is a sharp example of law used against land/environmental protection — supports the reader’s land/place and law/institutions thread.
• XREF: connects to: Congressional stalemate shifted environmental lawmaking power to appropriations riders. — Richard J. Lazarus, The Making of Environmental Law, 703