National Parks Conservation Ass'n v. United States Department of Interior

ELR Citation: 44 ELR 20214
No(s). 2:11-cv-578, -647 (M.D. Fl. Sep 19, 2014) (Steele, J.)

A district court upheld the National Park Service's (NPS') plan to allow off-road vehicle (ORV) use on designated trails in the "addition lands" of Florida's Big Cypress National Preserve. In 1988, Congress authorized the acquisition of what is referred to as the "addition lands," consisting of appr...