Bob Marshall Alliance v. Donald P. Hodel, Secretary of the Interior, and Paul C. Kohlman and Ann E. Kohlman, Bob Marshall Alliance v. Donald P. Hodel, Secretary of the Interior, and Placid Oil Company, Defendant-Intervenor, and Paul C. Kohlman and Ann E. Kohlman

852 F.2d 1223 18 Envtl. L. Rep. 21 ,152 BOB MARSHALL ALLIANCE, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Donald P. HODEL, Secretary of the Interior, * et al., Defendants, and Paul C. Kohlman and Ann E. Kohlman, Defendants-Appellants. BOB MARSHALL ALLIANCE, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Donald P. HODEL, Secretary of the Interior, * et al., Defendants-Appellants, and Placid Oil Company, Defendant-Intervenor, and Paul C. Kohlman and Ann E. Kohlman, Defendants. Nos. 86-4014, 86-4019. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued Aug. 6, 1987. Submitted June 16, 1988. Decided Aug. 1, 1988. J. Carol Williams, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellants. Constance E. Brooks, Mountain States Legal Foundation, Denver, Colo., for defendant-appellant Paul C. Kohlman. Stephan C. Volker, Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Montana. Before CANBY, REINHARDT and BEEZER, Circuit Judges. REINHARDT, Circuit Judge: 1 This appeal involves the issuance of oil and gas leases on the area known as Deep Creek, located in Montana's Lewis and Clark National Forest. The Bob…