Montana Wilderness Association v. United States Forest Service

655 F.2d 951 16 ERC 1449 , 11 Envtl. L. Rep. 20 ,521 MONTANA WILDERNESS ASSOCIATION, NINE QUARTER CIRCLE RANCH, and the Wilderness Society, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE, John McGuire, its chief; Lewis Hawkes, Gallatin National Forest Supervisor; United States Fish and Wildlife Service; Harry Willoughby, its regional director; Burlington Northern, Inc., a Delaware corporation; Bob Bergland, Secretary of Agriculture, Defendants-Appellees, and The National Forest Products Association, Intervening Defendant-Appellee. No. 80-3374. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Feb. 9, 1981. Decided Aug. 19, 1981. James H. Goetz, Goetz & Madden, Bozeman, Mont., for plaintiffs-appellants. David Booth Beers, Washington, D.C., argued, for intervening defendant-appellee; Richard S. Wasserstrom, S. Elizabeth Gibson, William N. Eskridge, and Jeffrey C. Martin, Washington, D.C., on brief. David Booth Beers, Washington, D.C., argued, for intervening defendant-appellee; Richard S. Wasserstrom, S. Elizabeth Gibson, William N. Eskridge, and Jeffrey C. Martin, Washington, D.C., on brief Kurt W. Kroschel, Billings, Mont., Dirk D. Snel, Washington,…