Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Association, Plaintiffs v. R. Max Peterson, Chief, U.S. Forest Service, State of California v. John R. Block, Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture

764 F.2d 581 22 ERC 2107 , 15 Envtl. L. Rep. 20 ,682 NORTHWEST INDIAN CEMETERY PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION, et al., Plaintiffs- Appellees, v. R. Max PETERSON, Chief, U.S. Forest Service, et al., Defendants-Appellants. STATE OF CALIFORNIA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John R. BLOCK, Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture, et al., Defendants-Appellants. No. 83-2225. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted July 9, 1984. Decided June 24, 1985. Edna Walz, Deputy Atty. Gen., Sacramento, Cal., Marilyn B. Miles, California Indian Legal Services, Eureka, Cal., Michael R. Sherwood, Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee. Rodney Hamblin, Asst. U.S. Atty., San Francisco, Cal., Jacques B. Gelin, Robert Klarquist, Attys., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellants. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Before DUNIWAY, CANBY and BEEZER, Circuit Judges. CANBY, Circuit Judge: 1 These consolidated actions contest the plans of the United States Forest Service (Forest Service) to permit timber harvesting and to construct a road in the Blue Creek Unit of the Six Rivers…