Sierra Club v. Yeutter

ELR Citation: ELR 20083
No(s). s. 88-2777 et al (10th Cir. Aug 10, 1990)

The court holds that an environmental organization's claim that the Wilderness Act creates federal reserved water rights is not ripe. The Sierra Club had alleged that the Forest Service's failure to claim wilderness water rights on ongoing water rights adjudications violated federal law and the publ...