MONTANA WILDERNESS ASSOCIATION, INC. FRIENDS OF THE BITTERROOT, INC. AMERICAN WILDLANDS, INC. v. UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE, AN AGENCY OF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE DAN GLICKMAN, SECRETARY OF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE HAL SALWASSER, REGIONAL FORESTER FOR REGION ONE, U.S. FOREST SERVICE JACK WARD THOMAS, CHIEF, U.S. FOREST SERVICE, MIDDLEFORK PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION, DEFENDANT-INTERVENOR, AND BLUE RIBBON COALITION, INC. MONTANA SNOWMOBILE ASSOCIATION MONTANA 4×4 ASSOCIATION HIGH COUNTY TRAIL RIDERS ASSOCIATION MONTANA TRAIL VEHICLE RIDERS ASSOCIATION RIMROCK 4×4, INC. MONTANA HIGH COUNTRY TOURS BITTERROOT ADVENTURES SNEED'S CYCLE AND SLED, DEFENDANTS-INTERVENORS-APPELLANTS. MONTANA WILDERNESS ASSOCIATION, INC. FRIENDS OF THE BITTERROOT, INC. AMERICAN WILDLANDS, INC. v. UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE, AN AGENCY OF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE DAN GLICKMAN, SECRETARY OF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE HAL SALWASSER, REGIONAL FORESTER FOR REGION ONE, U.S. FOREST SERVICE JACK WARD THOMAS, CHIEF, U.S. FOREST SERVICE, AND BLUE RIBBON COALITION, INC. MONTANA SNOWMOBILE ASSOCIATION MONTANA 4×4 ASSOCIATION HIGH COUNTY TRAIL RIDERS ASSOCIATION MONTANA TRAIL VEHICLE RIDERS ASSOCIATION RIMROCK 4×4, INC. MONTANA HIGH COUNTRY TOURS BITTERROOT ADVENTURES SNEED'S CYCLE AND SLED MIDDLEFORK PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION, DEFENDANTS-INTERVENORS
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376 F.3d 1181 MONTANA WILDERNESS ASSOCIATION, INC.; Friends of the Bitterroot, Inc.; American Wildlands, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE, an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture; Dan Glickman, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture; Hal Salwasser, Regional Forester for Region One, U.S. Forest Service; Jack Ward Thomas, Chief, U.S. Forest Service, Defendants, Middlefork Property Owners Association, Defendant-Intervenor, and Blue Ribbon Coalition, Inc.; Montana Snowmobile Association; Montana 4×4 Association; High County Trail Riders Association; Montana Trail Vehicle Riders Association; Rimrock 4×4, Inc.; Montana High Country Tours; Bitterroot Adventures; Sneed'S Cycle and Sled, Defendants-Intervenors-Appellants. Montana Wilderness Association, Inc.; Friends of the Bitterroot, Inc.; American Wildlands, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. United States Forest Service, an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture; Dan Glickman, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture; Hal Salwasser, Regional Forester for Region One, U.S. Forest Service; Jack Ward Thomas, Chief, U.S. Forest Service, Defendants-Appellants, and Blue Ribbon…