Land and resource management plans (LRMPs), §6
Big Thorne Project
A district court upheld the U.S. Forest Service's approval of the Big Thorne Project in the Tongass National Forest, thereby allowing the logging of approximately 6,186 acres of old growth forest and construction of 46.1 miles of new...
Earth Island Institute v. United States Forest Service
The Ninth Circuit held that the U.S. Forest Service's Angora Fire Restoration Project in the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit (LTBMU) complies with the National Forest Management Act (NFMA) and NEPA. Environmental groups argued that the...
Sierra Forest Legacy v. Sherman
The Ninth Circuit affirmed in part and vacated in part a lower court decision largely granting summary judgment in...
Forest Guardians v. Dombeck
The court holds that the U.S. Forest Service's decision to implement land and resource management plan (LRMP) amendments prospectively, but not retroactively, does not violate the National Forest Management Act (NFMA). The court first...
Prairie Wood Prods. v. Glickman
The court holds that the U.S. Forest Service implementation of interim resource conservation policies in nine national forests was not arbitrary or capricious and did not violate the National Forest Management Act (NFMA) or the National...
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