Montana Ecosystems Defense Council Cabinet Resource Group Montana Wilderness Association Save the Yaak Committee v. Michael Espy, Secretary of Agriculture F. Dale Robertson, Chief, Forest Service Robert Schrenk, Supervisor, Kootenai National Forest Manuel Lujan, Jr., Secretary of Interior Galen Buterbaugh, Regional Director, United States Fish and Wildlife Service

15 F.3d 1087 24 Envtl. L. Rep. 20 ,501 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. MONTANA ECOSYSTEMS DEFENSE COUNCIL; Cabinet Resource Group; Montana Wilderness Association; Save The Yaak Committee, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Michael ESPY, * Secretary of Agriculture; F. Dale Robertson, Chief, Forest Service; Robert Schrenk, Supervisor, Kootenai National Forest; Manuel Lujan, Jr., Secretary of Interior; Galen Buterbaugh, Regional Director, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Defendants-Appellees. No. 93-35676. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Jan. 4, 1994. Decided Jan. 24, 1994. Before: WRIGHT, CANBY and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Stands of lodgepole pine in the Upper Yaak Area of the Kootenai National Forest are infested with the pine beetle. The Forest Service proposed road construction projects and timber sales in an effort to salvage the pine. It prepared a final environmental impact statement…