WILDERNESS SOC. v. ALCOCK

No. 94-9369.

83 F.3d 386 (1996)

WILDERNESS SOCIETY, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. John E. ALCOCK, as Regional Forester of the Southern Region of the U.S. Forest Service, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

May 22, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David W. Carr, Jr., Deborah Murray Wassenaar, Charlottesville, Virginia, Gregory R. Crochet, Sarah E. Day, Kutak Rock, Atlanta, GA, for appellants.

Steven P. Quarles, Thomas R. Lundquist, Crowell & Moring, Washington, DC, Robert Klarquist, David C. Shilton, Appellate Section, Environment & Natural Resources Division, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for appellees.

Before TJOFLAT, Chief Judge, CARNES, Circuit Judge, and FAY, Senior Circuit Judge.


TJOFLAT, Chief Judge:

On May 1, 1992, several environmental groups filed a complaint in the district court against the Secretary of Agriculture and officials of the United States Forest Service,1 seeking review of the 1986 Final Land and Resource Management Plan (the "Plan") for the Cherokee National Forest. These groups alleged that the Plan violates the National Forest Management Act, 16 U.S.C. §§ 1600 et seq. (1994...

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