Elliott

I. INTRODUCTION

Before the Court is Earth Island Institute and Sequoia ForestKeeper's ("Plaintiffs") motion for a preliminary injunction. ECF No. 10. Federal Defendants Kevin Elliott, in his official capacity as Forest Supervisor of the Sequoia National Forest, and the United States Forest Service ("USFS") (together, "Federal Defendants") and Defendant-Intervenor Sierra Forest Products both opposed Plaintiffs' motion, ECF Nos. 21 and 22, and Plaintiffs replied, ECF No. 24. For the reasons stated below, Plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction is DENIED.

II. FACTUAL BACKGROUND

At issue is a USFS fire salvage restoration project proposed and approved by the USFS to treat a strip of land along an area of roadways affected by the Cedar Fire. The Cedar Fire began on August 16, 2016, and burned for three weeks over 29,000 acres of mixed conifer and white fir forest, most of which were in the Sequoia National Forest. ECF No. 10-9, Preliminary Injunction Record ("PIR") 1393, PIR 1936. 1 The USFS is working to abate the hazards associated with this burned area of forest, including through the "Bull Run" project, which is planned to involve felling dead and dying trees along 50.2…