Earth Island Institute v. United States Forest Service

ELR Citation: 42 ELR 20194
No(s). 11-16718 (9th Cir. Sep 20, 2012)

The Ninth Circuit held that the U.S. Forest Service's Angora Fire Restoration Project in the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit (LTBMU) complies with the National Forest Management Act (NFMA) and NEPA. Environmental groups argued that the NMFA required the Forest Service to demonstrate at the project ...