Environmentalists late last week hailed a judge's decision that could delay hundreds of federal timber sales in the Pacific Northwest, while outraged industry executives said the move would drive up prices and cost jobs. U.S. District Judge William Dwyer ruled on Monday that the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) failed to adequately assess the impact of logging in parts of California, Oregon and Washington on more than 70 animal and plant species, particularly the red tree vole, a rodent preyed upon by the endangered spotted owl.