ELR Citation: ELR 20263
No(s). 02-16009 (9th Cir. Aug 28, 2003)

The court reverses a district court decision that environmental groups failed to establish both standing and ripeness in their National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and Endangered Species Act (ESA) challenges to a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) rule defining the new national forest managem...