Marble Mountain Audubon Society v. Rice

914 F.2d 179 32 ERC 1249 , 21 Envtl. L. Rep. 20 ,023 MARBLE MOUNTAIN AUDUBON SOCIETY, Natural Resources Defense Council; Klamath Forest Alliance; Klamath River Concerned Citizens; Salmon River Concerned Citizens; and Defenders of Wildlife, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Robert L. RICE, Supervisor, Klamath National Forest; and United States Forest Service, Defendants-Appellees. No. 90-15389. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted July 18, 1990. Decided Sept. 13, 1990. Nathaniel S.W. Lawrence and David B. Edelson, Natural Resources Defense Council, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants. Edmund F. Brennan, Asst. U.S. Atty., Sacramento, Cal., for defendants-appellees. Wesley R. Higbie, Hendrickson, Higbie & Cole, San Francisco, Cal., for amici curiae timber companies. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. Before GOODWIN, Chief Judge, and SCHROEDER and PREGERSON, Circuit Judges. GOODWIN, Chief Judge: 1 Plaintiff environmental groups appeal from a summary judgment in favor of the United States Forest Service in their action challenging a fire-recovery timber sale in the Grider Creek drainage in Klamath…