Sierra Club v. Penfold

ELR Citation: ELR 21061
No(s). A86-083 (D. Alaska May 14, 1987)

The court holds that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) must prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) addressing the cumulative impacts of placer mining operations that contribute incrementally to siltation and other environmental degradation in a national wild river watershed. Twenty-three ...