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FOREST GUARDIANS v. THOMAS

No. CIV. 96-2258 PHX-PGR.

967 F.Supp. 1536 (1997)

FOREST GUARDIANS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Jack Ward THOMAS, in his official capacity as Chief, United States Forest Service, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Arizona.

June 25, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Edward Hughes, Earthlaw, University of Denver, Denver, CO, Steven Sugarman, Sante Fe, NM, for Forest Guardians, Southwest Center for Biological Diversity and Dr. Robin Silver.

Michael A. Johns, U.S. Attorney's Office, Phoenix, AZ, Joel Armstrong, U.S. Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Div., Washington, DC, for Jack Ward Thomas.

John D. Everroad, Robert Daniel Anderson, David Michael Call, Fennemore Craig, Phoenix, AZ, for Stone Container Corp.

Richard A. Segal, James G. Speer, Gust Rosenfeld PLC, Phoenix, AZ, Alan I. Saltman, Gary G. Stevens, Richard W. Goeken, Saltman & Stevens, Washington, DC, for Precision Pine & Timber Inc.

Richard Rosenstock, Santa Fe, NM, for La Compania Ocho Inc., Manuel Guruel, Antonio DeVargas, Pat Valdez, Steve Chavez and Dennis Valdez.

ORDER

ROSENBLATT, District Judge.

I. BACKGROUND

A. General history1

1. Southwestern Region Amendment

In 1976, Congress enacted the National Forest Management Act ("NFMA"). The NFMA constitutes a statutory framework pursuant to which the Secretary of Agriculture is to plan for the management of National Forest lands. 16 U.S.C. §§ 1600-1614. The statute provides for public...

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