San Carlos Apache Tribe v. United States Forest Service

FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAR 13 2026

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ARIZONA MINING REFORM No. 25-5185 COALITION; INTER TRIBAL D.C. No. ASSOCIATION OF ARIZONA, INC.; 2:21-cv-00122-DWL

EARTHWORKS; CENTER FOR

BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY; ACCESS

FUND; GRAND CANYON CHAPTER OF OPINION

THE SIERRA CLUB,

Plaintiffs - Appellants,

v.

UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE, an agency in the U.S. Department of Agriculture; NEIL BOSWORTH, Supervisor of the Tonto National Forest; BROOKE ROLLINS, US Secretary of Agriculture,

Defendants - Appellees,

RESOLUTION COPPER MINING, LLC,

Intervenor-Defendant - Appellee.

SAN CARLOS APACHE TRIBE, a No. 25-5189 federally recognized Tribe, D.C. No. 2:21-cv-00068-DWL Plaintiff - Appellant,

v. UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE, an agency in the U.S. Department of Agriculture; NEIL BOSWORTH, Supervisor of the Tonto National Forest;

BROOKE ROLLINS,

Defendants - Appellees,

RESOLUTION COPPER MINING, LLC,

Intervenor-Defendant - Appellee.

GOUYEN BROWN LOPEZ; SINETTA …