Western Watersheds Project v. Washington

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FEB 11 2025

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

WESTERN WATERSHEDS PROJECT, a No. 23-3872 non-profit organization; WILDERNESS D.C. No. WATCH, a non-profit organization, 4:21-cv-00020-SHR Plaintiffs - Appellants,

MEMORANDUM*

v.

GARY WASHINGTON, as Acting Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, a federal department; UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE, a federal agency; BRET RUFF, as Acting District Ranger for the Glenwood Ranger District on the Gila National Forest; ED HOLLOWAY, Jr., as District Ranger for the Clifton Ranger District on the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona Scott H. Rash, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted February 3, 2025 Phoenix, Arizona

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. Before: CLIFTON, BYBEE, and BADE, Circuit…