Upper Snake River Chapter Of Trout Unlimited v. Hodel

921 F.2d 232 119 P.U.R.4th 249 , 21 Envtl. L. Rep. 20 ,347 UPPER SNAKE RIVER CHAPTER OF TROUT UNLIMITED; Idaho Environmental Council; So. Fork Coalition; Idaho Sportsman Coalition; Marv Hoyt, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Donald P. HODEL, in his official capacity as Secretary of the Interior; C. Dale Duvall, in his official capacity as Chief of the Bureau of Reclamation, Defendants-Appellees, Twin Falls Canal Co.; Committee of Nine; Aberdeen Springfield Canal Co., et al., Defendants-Intervenors-Appellees-Intervenors. No. 89-35142. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted March 5, 1990. Decided Dec. 17, 1990. Russell E. Webb, Radin & Webb, Idaho Falls, Idaho, for plaintiffs-appellants. George W. Van Cleve, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Land & Natural Resources Div., Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellees. Steven K. Tolman, Nelson, Rosholt, Tobertson & Tolma, Twin Falls, Idaho, for defendants-intervenors-appellees-intervenors. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Idaho. Before KOELSCH, ALARCON and RYMER, Circuit Judges. KOELSCH, Circuit Judge: 1 The dispositive question on the appeal is this: Did the District Court err in…