SIERRA CLUB v. ROBERTSON

Civ. No. 90-2150.

764 F.Supp. 546 (1991)

SIERRA CLUB, Jerry Williams, Defenders of the Ouachita Forest, Sherry Balkenhol, Bill Greer, Stan Heard, Plaintiffs, v. F. Dale ROBERTSON, in his official capacity as Chief, U.S.D.A. Forest Service, John E. Alcock, in his official capacity as Regional Forester, Southern Region, U.S.D.A. Forest Service, John M. Curran, in his official capacity as Supervisor, Ouachita National Forest, Larry Theivagt, in his official capacity as Mena District Ranger, U.S.D.A. Forest Service, George Landrum, in his official capacity as Poteau District Ranger, U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Paul Fuller, in his official capacity as Tiak District Ranger, U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Don Monk, in his official capacity as Oden District Ranger, U.S.D.A. Forest Service, John Archer, in his official capacity as Jessieville District Ranger, U.S. D.A. Forest Service, James Watson, in his official capacity as Caddo District Ranger, U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Robert Raines, in his official capacity as Womble District Ranger, U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Douglas Webb, in his official capacity as Cold Springs District Ranger, U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Eugene Hayes, in his official capacity as Fourche District Ranger, U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Defendants, Arkansas Forestry Association, Ouachita National Forest Timber Purchasers Group, and Region 8 Forest Service Timber Purchasers Council, Intervenors.

United States District Court, W.D. Arkansas, Fort Smith Division.

Nunc pro tunc April 22, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary M. Rawlins, Mena, Ark., for plaintiffs.

Charles Smith, Asst. U.S. Atty., Fort Smith, Ark., and Rebecca A. Donnellan and David F. Shuey, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendants.

Searcy W. Harrell, Jr., Roberts, Harrell & Lindsey, P.A., Camden, Ark., for intervenor-plaintiff Arkansas Forestry Ass'n.

Thomas R. Lundquist and Steven P. Quarles, Crowell & Moring, Washington, D.C., for other intervenors-plaintiffs.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, District Judge.

Plaintiffs in this case contend that the 1986 Land and Resource Management Plan for the Ouachita National Forest ("1986 LRMP") and the Plan as amended in March of 1990 ("Amended LRMP" or "1990 LRMP") violate the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. § 4332, the National Forest Management Act (NFMA), 16 U.S.C. § 1600 et seq., and the Administrative...

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