WYOMING OUTDOOR COUNCIL v. U.S. FOREST SERVICE

Civ. A. No. 97-0355 JR.

981 F.Supp. 17 (1997)

WYOMING OUTDOOR COUNCIL, et al., Plaintiffs, v. U.S. FOREST SERVICE, et al., Defendants, and MARATHON OIL COMPANY, et al., Intervenor-Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

October 16, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Wiygul, Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund, Denver, CO, Howard Fox, Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs.

Wells D. Burgess, Special Litigation Counsel, U.S. Dept. of Justice Environment and Natural Resources Div., General Litigation Section, Washington, DC, for Defendants.

Charles L. Kaiser, Charles A. Breer, Ezekiel J. Williams, Davis, Graham & Stubbs LLP, Denver, CO, Kirby J. Iler, Marathon Oil Co., Cody, WY, for Intervenor-Defendants.


MEMORANDUM

ROBERTSON, District Judge.

Plaintiffs are a coalition of environmental organizations whose members regularly use and enjoy the Shoshone National Forest, a two and one half million acre forest in Northwest Wyoming. In this case, they challenge the procedure that the United States Forest Service ("USFS") has announced it will use for the allocation of oil and gas leases in the Shoshone. Plaintiffs argue that USFS has unreasonably interpreted...

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