SEATTLE AUDUBON SOC. v. LYONS

Nos. C92-479WD, C94-758WD, C94-803WD and C94-820WD.

871 F.Supp. 1286 (1994)

SEATTLE AUDUBON SOCIETY, et al., Plaintiffs, v. James LYONS, in his official capacity as Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, et al., Defendants. and Washington Contract Loggers Association, et al., Defendant-Intervenors. SAVE THE WEST, Plaintiff, v. James LYONS, et al., Defendants. NATIVE FOREST COUNCIL, Plaintiff, v. Bruce BABBITT, et al., Defendants. The SIERRA CLUB, Plaintiff, v. Michael ESPY, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Washington, at Seattle.

August 5, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Todd D. True, Victor M. Sher, Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, Seattle, WA, Peggy Hennessy, Portland, OR, for plaintiff Seattle Audubon Soc., a non-profit corp.

Todd D. True, Victor M. Sher, Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, Seattle, WA, for plaintiffs Washington Environmental Council, a non-profit corp., Pilchuck Audubon Soc., a non-profit corp., Nat. Audubon Soc., a non-profit corp., Portland Audubon Soc., a non-profit corp., The Wilderness Soc., a non-profit corp., Headwaters, a non-profit corp., Klamath Forest Alliance, a non-profit corp., Northcoast Environmental Center, a non-profit corp.

Todd D. True, Victor M. Sher, Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, Seattle, WA, Michael D. Axline, Western Environmental Law Center, Eugene, OR, for plaintiff Lane County Audubon Soc., a non-profit corp.

Todd D. True, Victor M. Sher, Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, Seattle, WA, Gary K. Kahn, Reeves, Kahn & Eder, Peggy Hennessy, Portland, OR, for plaintiff Forest Conservation Council, a non-profit corp.

Gary K. Kahn, Reeves, Kahn & Eder, Peggy Hennessy, Portland, OR, for plaintiff Save the West.

John S. Karpinski, Vancouver, WA, Stephen M. Truitt, Washington, DC, for plaintiff Native Forest Council.

Gregory Thomas Costello, Riddell, Williams, Bullitt & Walkinshaw, Seattle, WA, for plaintiff the Sierra Club, a non-profit corp.

Payton Smith, Davis Wright Tremaine, Seattle, WA, for intervenor California Forestry Ass'n.

Christopher Lee Pickrell, U.S. Attys. Office, Seattle, WA, Beverly Sherman Nash, Stephen J. Odell, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Div., General Litigation Section, Washington, DC, for defendants James R. Moseley, in his official capacity as Asst. Secretary of Agr. for Natural Resources and Environment, U.S. Forest Service.

Christopher Lee Pickrell, U.S. Attys. Office, Seattle, WA, Wells D. Burgess, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Div., General Litigation Section, Washington, DC, for defendant Michael Espy, in his official capacity as Secretary of Agr.

Mark C. Rutzick, Law Offices of Mark C. Rutzick, Portland, OR, for intervenors-defendants Washington Contract Loggers Ass'n, Burgess Logging Co. Inc., Lone Rock Timber Co. Inc., Jackie Bryan Cox, Freres Lumber Co. Inc., Norman V. Persons, A. Troy Reinhart, Gregory A. Miller.

John James Leary, Jr., James R. Hennessey, Smith & Leary, Seattle, WA, Mark C. Rutzick, Law Offices of Mark C. Rutzick, Portland, OR, for intervenor-defendant Northwest Forest Resource Council.


ORDER GRANTING LEAVE TO FEDERAL DEFENDANTS TO AMEND ANSWER TO ASSERT CROSS-CLAIMS, DENYING MOTION TO JOIN ADDITIONAL PARTIES, AND MAKING OTHER PROVISIONS

DWYER, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

In these consolidated cases environmental groups challenge the legality of a forest management plan adopted on April 13, 1994, by the Secretaries of Agriculture and Interior. The federal defendants are the two Secretaries, the United States Forest Service,...

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