The Lands Council v. Powell

395 F.3d 1019 The LANDS COUNCIL, a Washington nonprofit corporation; Kootenai Environmental Alliance, an Idaho nonprofit corporation; The Ecology Center, a Montana nonprofit corporation; Idaho Sporting Congress, Inc., an Idaho nonprofit corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Bradley POWELL, Regional Forester of Region One of the U.S. Forest Service; United States Forest Service, an agency of the United States, Defendants-Appellees. No. 03-35640. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted March 30, 2004. Filed August 13, 2004. Amended January 24, 2005. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED Thomas J. Woodbury, Forest Defense P.C., Missoula, MT, for the plaintiffs-appellants. Ronald M. Spritzer, Environmental and Natural Resources Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Idaho; Edward J. Lodge, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-02-00517-EJL. Before CANBY, WARDLAW, and GOULD, Circuit Judges. ORDER AND AMENDED OPINION ORDER 1 The opinion filed on August 13, 2004, and published at 379 F.3d 738 , is AMENDED as follows: 2 The…