Sierra Club v. U.S. Forest Serv.

ELR Citation: ELR 20297
No(s). 05-16989 (9th Cir. Dec 5, 2007)

The Ninth Circuit reversed a lower court's grant of summary judgment for the U.S. Forest Service in a challenge to three prescribed burns in California that plaintiffs alleged violated the National Environmental Policy Act by establishing a categorical exclusion for all fuel reduction projects up to...