Conservation Congress v. U.S. Forest Service

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 11 CONSERVATION CONGRESS and No. 2:13-cv-00934-JAM-DB

CITIZENS FOR BETTER FORESTRY,

13 Plaintiffs, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION v. TO SUPPLEMENT THE ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD; DENYING PLAINTIFFS’

UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE MOTION TO STRIKE; DENYING

and UNITED STATES FISH AND PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY

WILDLIFE SERVICE, JUDGMENT; AND GRANTING DEFENDANT

AND DEFENDANT-INTERVENOR’S Defendants, MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

AMERICAN FOREST RESOURCE

COUNCIL, Defendant- Intervenor. 21 For nearly a decade, the parties have argued over the impact the Pettijohn Project would have on the Shasta-Trinity National Forest’s Northern Spotted Owl (“spotted owl”) population and its wildfire management efforts. Conservation Congress and the Citizens for Better Forestry (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) believe the project will destroy…