Usda

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF 

CALIFORNIA EX REL. BILL LOCKYER;

STATE OF NEW MEXICO, ex rel. PATRICIA A. MADRID, Attorney General for the State of New Mexico; STATE OF OREGON, by and through Theodore Kulongoski, Governor; STATE OF WYOMING; THE

WILDERNESS SOCIETY; CALIFORNIA

WILDERNESS COALITION; FORESTS

FOREVER FOUNDATION; NORTHCOAST

ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER; OREGON

NATURAL RESOURCES COUNCIL

FUND; SITKA CONSERVATION

SOCIETY; SISKIYOU REGIONAL 

EDUCATION PROJECT; BIODIVERSITY

CONSERVATION ALLIANCE; SIERRA

CLUB; NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY;

GREATER YELLOWSTONE COALITION,

CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

INFORMATION CENTER; KLAMATH-

SISKIYOU WILDLANDS CENTER;

DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE; PACIFIC

RIVERS COUNCIL; IDAHO

CONSERVATION LEAGUE; HUMANE

SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES;

CONSERVATION NW; GREENPEACE,

Plaintiffs-Appellees, 

11671 11672 CALIFORNIA v. USDA

 v.

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE;

DALE BOSWORTH, Chief of the U.S. Forest Service; MIKE JOHANNS, Secretary of the Department of Agriculture; MARK REY, Under Secretary for Natural…