Vaught

*769 MEMORANDUM **

This is an appeal from the district court’s denial of a motion for preliminary injunction brought by Appellants The Lands Council Inc., Idaho Sporting Congress, Inc., The Ecology Center, Inc., and The Kootenai Environmental Alliance (collectively “Lands Council”). 1 Lands Council had sought to enjoin implementation of the Douglas Fir Bark Beetle Project (the “Project”) in the Idaho Panhandle National Forest (“IPNF”) and the Colville National Forest (“CNF”) pending resolution of this case on the merits. 2 Although the district court found that Lands Council was likely to succeed on the merits of two of its claims, the district court denied Lands Council’s motion on the basis of the public’s interest in the environmental benefits of the Project.

A district court’s order regarding preliminary injunctive relief is subject to only limited review. Religious Tech. Ctr., Church of Scientology Int’l, Inc. v. Scott, 869 F.2d 1306, 1309 (9th Cir.1989). The review of a preliminary injunction ruling “is much more limited than review of an order involving a permanent injunction, where all conclusions of law are freely reviewable.” Walczak v. EPL Prolong, Inc., 198 F.3d 725,…