Key legal question
Whether the permit violated federal forest-law rules on forest delimitation and forest distance.
Extracted holding
No. The neighbors had not initiated a forest-delineation procedure, and in this permit case the authorities could rely on the forest authority's approved plan and alternative boundary assumptions.
Extracted reasoning
Articles 10 and 13 LFo govern a distinct delimitation procedure; the permit procedure was not such a proceeding. The appellants also did not allege any threat to forest conservation, treatment, or exploitation under Art. 17 LFo.