Ecology Center, Inc. v. Austin

430 F.3d 1057 ECOLOGY CENTER, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Deborah AUSTIN, in her official capacity as Forest Supervisor for the Lolo National Forest; Bradley Powell, Regional Forester of Region One of the U.S. Forest service; united states forest Service, an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Defendants-Appellees, Mineral County; Town of Superior; St. Regis School District No. 6; Superior School District No. 3; Montana Coalition Of Forest Counties; Tricon Timber, Defendant-Intervenors-Appellees. No. 03-35995. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted February 14, 2005. Filed December 8, 2005. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED Thomas J. Woodbury, Forest Defense, P.C., Missoula, MT, for the plaintiff-appellant. Aaron P. Avila, Ronald M. Spritzer, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Montana Donald W. Molloy, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-03-00018-DWM. Before: B. FLETCHER, McKEOWN, and GOULD, Circuit Judges. BETTY B. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge. 1 Ecology Center, Inc. ("Ecology Center") challenges the United States Forest…