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FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

WILDEARTH GUARDIANS; FRIENDS No. 12-35434

OF THE BITTERROOT; MONTANANS

FOR QUIET RECREATION, INC., D.C. No. Plaintiffs-Appellants, 9:10-cv-00104-

DWM

v.

MONTANA SNOWMOBILE OPINION

ASSOCIATION; IDAHO SNOWMOBILE

ASSOCIATION,

Intervenors-Appellees,

UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE;

LESLIE WELDON, in her official capacity as Regional Forester for Region 1; GLORIA MANNING, in her official capacity as the appeal deciding officer for the Chief of the Forest Service; DAVE MEYER, in his official capacity as Forest Supervisor for the Beaverhead Deerlodge National Forest, Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Montana Donald W. Molloy, Senior District Judge, Presiding Argued and Submitted November 7, 2013—Seattle, Washington

Filed June 22, 2015

Before: Alex Kozinski, Richard A. Paez, and Marsha S. Berzon, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Paez

SUMMARY*

Environmental Law

The panel affirmed in part and reversed in part the district court’s judgment in an action challenging the United States…