Sierra Club v. United States Forest Service

843 F.2d 1190 27 ERC 1973 , 18 Envtl. L. Rep. 20 ,749 SIERRA CLUB, a California non-profit corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE; Zane Smith, Regional Forester, Defendants- Appellees, Tule River Indian Tribe; Sierra Forest Products; Sequoia Forest Industries; Louisiana-Pacific Corporation; Western Timber Association, Defendant- Intervenors-Appellees. No. 87-2749. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted March 9, 1988. Decided April 5, 1988. As Amended on Denial of Rehearing June 24, 1988. Ralph A. Bradley, Bradley & Gordon, P.C., Eugene, Or., for plaintiff-appellant. Anna S. Almy, Dept. of Justice, Land and Natural Resources Div., Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellees. Michael E. Haglund, Lindsay, Hart, Neil & Weigler, Portland, Or., for defendant-intervenors-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. Before GOODWIN, NELSON and LEAVY, Circuit Judges. LEAVY, Circuit Judge: 1 The Sierra Club brought this action pursuant to Section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. Sec. 4332 (2)(C) (1982), challenging the Forest Service's decision…