Bull

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

WILDWEST INSTITUTE; 

FRIENDS OF THE BITTERROOT, INC.,

Plaintiffs-Appellants, v.

DAVE BULL; ABIGAIL KIMBELL;

UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE, No. 07-35044 Defendants-Appellees, BITTER ROOT RESOURCE  D.C. No.

CV-06-00066-DWM

CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT OPINION

AREA INC.; RAVALLI COUNTY; SULA

VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT;

ROBERT WETZTSEON; BECKI

LINDERMAN; ROCKY MOUNTAIN LOG

HOMES,

Defendant-intervenors-Appellees.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Montana Donald W. Molloy, Chief District Judge, Presiding

Argued December 12, 2007 Submission Vacated July 7, 2008 Resubmitted October 29, 2008 Pasadena, California

Filed November 6, 2008

Before: Alfred T. Goodwin, Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain, and Raymond C. Fisher, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge O’Scannlain

15201 WILDWEST INSTITUTE v. BULL 15205

COUNSEL

Thomas J. Woodbury, Forest Defense, P.C., Missoula, Mon- tana, argued the cause for the plaintiffs-appellants and filed briefs.

Stacey Person, Environmental & Natural Resources…