In an unpublished opinion, the Ninth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for the Forest Service in a challenge to its approval of a 40,000-acre logging project in Malheur National Forest. An environmental group argued the Service violated NEPA by failing to adequately assess cumulative impacts, failin...

In an unpublished opinion, the Ninth Circuit affirmed dismissal of a challenge to the Forest Service's approval of sheep grazing allotments in Beaverhead Deerlodge National Forest. An environmental group argued the Service overlooked new information on grizzly bear mortality and conflicts with sheep...

A district court dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction a nonprofit group's challenge to the Forest Service's and BLM's herd management plan for wild horses and burros in Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. The group argued the agencies arbitrarily and capriciously authorized use of surgica...