American Whitewater v. United States Forest Service

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

OCT 17 2025

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

AMERICAN WHITEWATER; CENTER No. 24-6402

FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY;

CONSERVATION CONGRESS; EARTH D.C. No. 3:23-cv-03601-RFL ISLAND INSTITUTE; Northern District of California, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION San Francisco

INFORMATION CENTER; KLAMATH

FOREST ALLIANCE; SEQUOIA MEMORANDUM*

FORESTKEEPER,

Plaintiffs - Appellants,

v.

UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE,

Defendant - Appellee,

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Rita F. Lin, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted October 8, 2025 San Francisco, California

Before: S.R. THOMAS, NGUYEN, and BRESS, Circuit Judges.

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. Plaintiffs-Appellants (collectively, “Whitewater”) argue that the United

States Forest Service violated the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”)

when it…