Environmental Protection Information Center v. U.S. Forest Service

451 F.3d 1005 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INFORMATION CENTER, a California nonprofit corporation; Klamath Forest Alliance, a California nonprofit corporation; Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center, an Oregon nonprofit corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE, Defendant-Appellee. No. 04-15931. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted February 15, 2006. Filed June 23, 2006. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED Marianne Dugan (argued), Facaros & Dugan, Eugene, OR, for the appellants. Lisa Jones (argued) and M. Alice Thurston, United States Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division, Washington, D.C., for the appellee. Andrew T. Lloyd, Pacific Legal Foundation, Sacramento, CA, for Amici Curiae Rural Resources Alliance, Klamath Alliance for Resources and Environment, and Pacific Legal Foundation. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California; Garland E. Burrell, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-03-00938-GEB. Before: J. CLIFFORD WALLACE, HAWKINS, and SIDNEY R. THOMAS, Circuit Judges. MICHAEL DALY HAWKINS, Circuit Judge. 1 The Environmental Protection Information Center ("EPIC")…