EARTH FIRST v. BLOCK

Civ. No. 83-6298-ME-RE.

569 F.Supp. 415 (1983)

EARTH FIRST; Oregon Natural Resources Council; Richard Kirk Bailey; Claudia Beausoleil; Karan Bedell; Romain M. Cooper; Rick Landt; Steven S. Marsden; Dawn E. Maxwell; G. Pedro Tama; Chant Thomas, Plaintiffs, v. John R. BLOCK, in his official capacity as Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture; R. Max Peterson, in his official capacity as Chief of the Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture, Jeff M. Sirmon, in his official capacity as Regional Forester of the Pacific Northwest Region of the Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture; Plumley, Inc., an Oregon corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Oregon.

July 15, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil S. Kagan, James A. Arneson, Roseburg, Or., for plaintiffs.

Charles H. Turner, U.S. Atty., Thomas C. Lee, Asst. U.S. Atty., Robert M. Simmons, Sp. Asst. U.S. Atty., U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Portland, Or., for defendants.

Leonard B. Netzorg, Portland, Or., for defendant Plumley, Inc.


OPINION

REDDEN, District Judge:

Plaintiffs seek to enjoin the United States Forest Service from changing the wilderness character of the North Kalmiopsis Roadless Area, adjacent to the Kalmiopsis Wilderness in southern Oregon. I granted a Temporary Restraining Order against road construction in the North Kalmiopsis until July 6, 1983. On that date the plaintiffs and the government were heard, as well as the road builder, Plumley, Inc. I had ordered Plumley...

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