CENTER FOR BIO. DIVERSITY v. U.S. FOREST SERVICE

Lead Case No. CV 22-114-M-DWM Member Case No. CV 23-3-M-DWM.

687 F.Supp.3d 1053 (2023)

CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, et al., Plaintiffs, and Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Native Ecosystems Council, Consolidated Plaintiffs, v. U.S. FOREST SERVICE, et al., Defendants. Kirsten Kaiser, District Ranger, Kootenai National Forest, Three Rivers Ranger District, et al., Consolidated Defendants, and Kootenai Tribe of Idaho, Defendant-Intervenor.

United States District Court, D. Montana, Missoula Division.

Signed August 17, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rebecca Kay Smith, Public Interest Defense Center, Missoula, MT, Timothy M. Bechtold, Bechtold Law Firm, Missoula, MT, for Plaintiff in CV 23-3.

Hayley A. Carpenter, Caitlyn Faye Cook, Wildlife & Marine Resources Section, Washington, DC, John P. Tustin, U.S. Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division, Washington, DC, for Defendants in CV 23-3.

Julie A. Weis, Pro Hac Vice, Haglund Kelley LLP, Portland, OR, Kris McLean, Tyson A. McLean, Kris McLean Law Firm, PLLC, Missoula, MT, for Defendant-Intervenor.

Andrea Zaccardi, Pro Hac Vice, Center for Biological Diversity, Victor, ID, Edward B. Zukoski, Pro Hac Vice, Center for Biological Diversity, Denver, CO, Kristine Marie Akland, Akland Law Firm, PLLC, Missoula, MT, Rachel Glenn Inabnit, Law Office of Rachel Inabnit, PLLC, Missoula, MT, Ronni M. Flannery, Missoula, MT, Marla Fox, Pro Hac Vice, Marla Fox LLC, Carson, WA, for Plaintiffs Center for Biological Diversity, Yaak Valley Forest Council, Wildearth Guardians in CV 22-114.

Rebecca Kay Smith, Public Interest Defense Center, Missoula, MT, Timothy M. Bechtold, Bechtold Law Firm, Missoula, MT, for Plaintiffs Alliance for the Wild Rockies, Native Ecosystems Council in CV 22-114.

Erika Furlong, John P. Tustin, U.S. Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources, Washington, DC, Hayley A. Carpenter, Caitlyn Faye Cook, Wildlife & Marine Resources Section, Washington, DC, for Defendants in CV 22-114.


OPINION and ORDER

In these consolidated cases, environmental organizations Plaintiff Center for Biological Diversity, Plaintiff Yaak Valley Forest Council, and Plaintiff WildEarth Guardians (collectively "Plaintiffs") along with Consolidated Plaintiff Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Consolidated Plaintiff...

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