Inland Empire Public Lands Council v. United States Forest Service

88 F.3d 754 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 8062 INLAND EMPIRE PUBLIC LANDS COUNCIL, a non-profit corporation; Montana Wilderness Association, a non-profit corporation; The Ecology Center, a non-profit corporation; American Wildlands, a non-profit corporation; Cabinet Resource Group, a non-profit corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE, Defendant-Appellee. No. 95-35730. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Feb. 6, 1996. Decided July 3, 1996. Deborah A. Sivas, Inland Empire Public Lands Council, Palo Alto, California, and Patti A. Goldman, Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, Seattle, Washington, for plaintiffs-appellants. Lisa E. Jones, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for defendant-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Montana, Charles C. Lovell, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-94-00108-CCL. Before: WRIGHT, HALL and TROTT, Circuit Judges. CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, Circuit Judge: The United States Forest Service proposed eight timber sales in the Upper Sunday Creek Watershed region of the Kootenai National Forest in northwest Montana. The environmental impact statement it…