Goodman

MEMORANDUM *

Cascadia Wildlands Project, National Forest Protection Alliance, Wildwest Institute, Klamath Forest Alliance, and Siski-you Regional Education Project (collectively Appellants) appeal the denial of their motion for a preliminary injunction to halt the Mike’s Gulch and Blackberry timber sales in the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest, pending a ruling on the merits of their suit to compel the Forest Service to prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) before proceeding with the planned sales. 1 We have interlocutory jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1292 (a)(1), and we affirm.

Our review of a district court’s denial of preliminary injunctive relief is for abuse of discretion. Earth Island Inst. v. United States Forest Serv., 351 F.3d 1291 , 1298 (9th Cir.2003). A district court abuses its discretion when it bases its decision on an erroneous legal standard or clearly erroneous factual findings. Walczak v. EPL Prolong, Inc., 198 F.3d 725, 730 (9th Cir.1999).

The district court concluded that Appellants had not demonstrated the requisite combination of probable success on the merits and sufficient threat of irreparable injury. Moreover, even if it…