Forest Conservation Council v. United States Forest Service

66 F.3d 1489 41 ERC 2033 , 33 Fed.R.Serv.3d 589 , 25 Envtl. L. Rep. 21,546, 95 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 7459 , 95 Daily Journal D.A.R. 12 ,787 FOREST CONSERVATION COUNCIL; Maricopa Audubon Society; Carlson Forest Watch; Greater Gila Biodiversity Project; Southwest Center for Biological Diversity, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE, Defendant, The State of Arizona, ex rel. M.J. Hassell, Commissioner, Arizona State Land Department; Apache County, a political subdivision of the State of Arizona, Applicants-in-Intervention-Appellants. No. 95-15341. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Aug. 14, 1995. Decided Sept. 25, 1995. Mary Mangotich Grier, Assistant Attorney General, for applicant-in-intervention-appellant State of Arizona. Norman D. James and Jay L. Shapiro, Ryley, Carlock & Applewhite, Phoenix, Arizona, for applicant-in-intervention-appellant Apache County. Peggy Hennessy and Gary K. Kahn, Reeves, Kahn & Eder, Portland, Oregon, for plaintiffs-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. Before D.W. NELSON, T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges and SAMUEL J. KING, * District Judge.…