Pacific Rivers Council v. Thomas

30 F.3d 1050 24 Envtl. L. Rep. 21 ,367 PACIFIC RIVERS COUNCIL; Oregon Natural Resources Council; Hells Canyon Preservation Council; The Wilderness Society; Oregon Natural Desert Association, Plaintiffs- Appellants- Cross-Appellees, v. Jack Ward THOMAS, in his official capacity as Chief of the U.S. Forest Service; United States Forest Service, Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants, and Northwest Forest Resource Council, et al., Defendants-Intervenors/Appellees. Nos. 93-36162, 94-35042. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted April 6, 1994. Decided July 7, 1994. Victor M. Sher, Todd D. True, Adam J. Berger, Kristen L. Boyles, Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, for plaintiffs/cross-appellees. Lois J. Schiffer, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Jack C. Wong, U.S. Atty., Thomas C. Lee, Asst. U.S. Atty., Peter R. Steenland, Jr., Albert M. Ferlo, Jr., Elinor Colborn, J. Carol Williams, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Environmental & Natural Resources Div., for appellees/cross appellants. Mark C. Rutznick, Douglas C. Blomgren, Preston Thorgrimson Shidler Gates & Ellis, for defendants-intervenors/appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of…