FOREST CONSERVATION COUNCIL v. U.S. FOREST SERVICE

No. 95-15341.

66 F.3d 1489 (1995)

FOREST CONSERVATION COUNCIL; Maricopa Audubon Society; Carlson Forest Watch; Greater Gila Biodiversity Project; Southwest Center for Biological Diversity, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE, Defendant, The State of Arizona, ex rel. M.J. Hassell, Commissioner, Arizona State Land Department; Apache County, a political subdivision of the State of Arizona, Applicants-in-Intervention-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided September 25, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Mangotich Grier, Assistant Attorney General, for applicant-in-intervention-appellant State of Arizona. Norman D. James and Jay L. Shapiro, Ryley, Carlock & Apple-white, Phoenix, Arizona, for applicant-in-intervention-appellant Apache County.

Peggy Hennessy and Gary K. Kahn, Reeves, Kahn & Eder, Portland, Oregon, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before D.W. NELSON, T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges and SAMUEL J. KING, District Judge.


OPINION

D.W. NELSON, Circuit Judge:

The State of Arizona and Apache County, Arizona appeal the district court's denial of their motions to intervene under Fed. R.Civ.P. 24. The action in which they seek to intervene was brought by environmental organizations including the Forest Conservation Council (collectively "FCC") alleging that the United States Forest Service ("USFS" or "Forest Service") was violating the National Environmental Policy Act ("NEPA"...

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