Salmon River Concerned Citizens v. Robertson

32 F.3d 1346 39 ERC 1025 , 24 Envtl. L. Rep. 21 ,264 SALMON RIVER CONCERNED CITIZENS, et al.; California Coalition for Alternatives To Pesticides; Safe Alternatives for our Forest Environment, Inc.; Northcoast Environmental Center, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Dale ROBERTSON, Chief Forester, United States Forest Service, et al.; Department of Agriculture, Defendants-Appellees. No. 92-16113. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Oct. 4, 1993. Decided July 5, 1994. Michael Axline, Western Environmental Law Center, Eugene, OR and Matthew McKeowon, Student, for plaintiffs-appellants. John A. Bryson, Edmund F. Brennan, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for defendants-appellees. Gary G. Stevens, Saltman & Stevens, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. Before: TANG, TROTT, and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges. TANG, Senior Circuit Judge: 1 Appellants (collectively, "SRCC") 1 challenge the vegetation management policy for the Pacific Southwest Region adopted by the Chief Forester for the United States Forest Service ("Forest Service" or "Service"). In particular, SRCC…