Usfs

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

LOS PADRES FORESTWATCH; EARTH No. 20-55859

ISLAND INSTITUTE; CENTER FOR

BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, D.C. No. Plaintiffs-Appellants, 2:19-cv-05925-

PJW

v.

UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE; OPINION

KEVIN ELLIOTT, Supervisor, Los Padres National Forest; UNITED

STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE

SERVICE,

Defendants-Appellees,

AMERICAN FOREST RESOURCE

COUNCIL; CALIFORNIA FORESTRY

ASSOCIATION; ASSOCIATED

CALIFORNIA LOGGERS,

Intervenor-Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Patrick J. Walsh, Magistrate Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted May 12, 2021 Pasadena, California

Filed February 4, 2022 Before: Ryan D. Nelson and Kenneth K. Lee, Circuit Judges, and Sidney H. Stein, * District Judge.

Opinion by Judge Stein; Dissent by Judge R. Nelson

SUMMARY **

Environmental Law

The panel vacated the district court’s summary judgment in favor of the U.S. Forest Service, and the Forest Service’s Decision Memo approving the proposed Tecuya Ridge Shaded Fuelbreak Project; and remanded to the Forest…