Usfs

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAY 5 2023

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

NEIGHBORS OF THE MOGOLLON RIM, No. 22-15259

INC.,

D.C. No. 2:20-cv-00328-DLR Plaintiff-Appellant,

v. MEMORANDUM*

UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE;

UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE

SERVICE,

Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona Douglas L. Rayes, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted February 8, 2023 Submission Withdrawn February 17, 2023 Resubmitted May 3, 2023 Phoenix, Arizona

Before: HAWKINS, GRABER, and CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges.

The United States Forest Service (“USFS”) authorized cattle grazing on

several grazing allotments in the Tonto National Forest, in central Arizona.

Plaintiff Neighbors of the Mogollon Rim, whose members live in private

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. subdivisions on inholdings within one of the allotments, challenged the agency’s

decision. The…