CITIZENS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY v. U.S.

Civ. A. No. 87-F-1714.

731 F.Supp. 970 (1989)

CITIZENS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, Plaintiff, Colorado Environmental Coalition, Natural Resources Defense Council, the Wilderness Society, and National Audubon Society, Plaintiffs-Intervenors, v. The UNITED STATES, Richard A. Lyng, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, F. Dale Robertson, Chief of the U.S. Forest Service and Gary E. Cargill, Regional Forester, U.S. Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Region, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Colorado.

August 24, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frances M. Green, Boulder, Colo., and Grove T. Burnett, Glorieta, N.M., for plaintiff.

Michael J. Norton, Acting U.S. Atty., J. Greg Whitehair, Asst. U.S. Atty., Denver, Colo., and Wells D. Burgess, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Land and Natural Resources Div., Gen. Litigation Section, Washington, D.C., for defendants.

Ronald J. Wilson and F. Kaid Benfield, Natural Resources Defense Council, Washington, D.C., and David C. VonGunten and Michael J. Cook, Faegre & Benson, Denver, Colo., for plaintiffs-intervenors.


ORDER AND MEMORANDUM OPINION OF LAW

SHERMAN G. FINESILVER, Chief Judge.

This case involves broad attacks by environmental groups on governmental plans for the management of a large forest in Colorado. In effect, the groups seek to nullify management plans which have been under study and development since 1981.

I. Parties

Plaintiff:

Citizens for Environmental Quality Plaintiff-Intervenors: Colorado Environmental...

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