Agri

FILED

FOR PUBLICATION AUG 29 2014

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ORGANIZED VILLAGE OF KAKE; No. 11-35517

THE BOAT COMPANY; ALASKA

WILDERNESS RECREATION AND D.C. No. 1:09-cv-00023-JWS

TOURISM ASSOCIATION;

SOUTHEAST ALASKA

CONSERVATION COUNCIL; ORDER

NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE

COUNCIL; TONGASS

CONSERVATION SOCIETY;

GREENPEACE, INC.; WRANGELL

RESOURCE COUNCIL; CENTER

FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY;

DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE;

CASCADIA WILDLANDS; SIERRA

CLUB,

Plaintiffs - Appellees,

v.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF

AGRICULTURE; UNITED STATES

FOREST SERVICE; TOM VILSACK,

in his official capacity as Secretary of Agriculture; HARRIS SHERMAN, in his official capacity as Under Secretary of Agriculture of Natural Resources and Environment; TOM TIDWELL, in his official capacity as Chief, USDA Forest Service,

Defendants, Page

ALASKA FOREST ASSOCIATION,

INC.,

Intervenor-Defendant,

and

STATE OF ALASKA,

Intervenor-Defendant - Appellant.

THOMAS, Circuit Judge:

Upon the vote of a majority of nonrecused active judges, it is…