After environmentalists filed a lawsuit, a federal judge has stopped the U.S. Forest Service's plan to log parts of the Willamette National Forest destroyed by wildfires last summer.

According to The Statesman’s Magazine, after Cascadia Wildlands and Oregon Wild sued to stop logging activities near Breitenbush Hot Springs and Lake Detroit, U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken ruled on Friday.

These groups allege that the Forest Service has amended the logging contract-which focuses on thinning of green trees and required burning-to include the logging of charred trees without proper environmental review procedures.

Doug Heiken of Oregon Wild said: "Oregon Wild filed this case to defend a simple claim that when a wildfire burns an ongoing timber sale, the Forest Service needs to step on the brakes and involve the public in deciding how to move forward." This is not only the law, but also the best way to protect the value of our forests, drinking water, wildlife, carbon and scenery."

In court documents, the Forest Service denied these claims and stated that it carefully analyzed logging plans after the fire before deciding to proceed.

In a statement, the Forest Service said: “Careful (new) analysis is exactly the type of thorough post-decision review that seeks to promote.”

Before the end of the lawsuit, Aiken's ruling stopped any further logging.

This is the second court lawsuit against wildfire-related logging lawsuits in less than a month.

In November, another federal judge stopped the Forest Service’s plan to log another part of the Willamette National Forest.

The US Forest Service had planned to cut trees on more than 400 miles of roads in the Willamette National Forest.

Oregon will implement a plan to completely change the way private forests manage fish, wildlife and timber.