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FRIENDS OF SOUTHEAST'S FUTURE v. MORRISON

Nos. 97-35157, 97-35346.

153 F.3d 1059 (1998)

FRIENDS OF SOUTHEAST'S FUTURE; Sitka Conservation Society; and Southeast Alaska Conservation Council, Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees, v. Gary MORRISON, Forest Supervisor, Chatham Area, Tongass National Forest; U.S. Forest Service, Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided September 3, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas A. Ruley (argued), Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund, Juneau, Alaska, for plaintiffs-appellants-cross-appellees.

David C. Shilton (argued), Robert L. Klarquist, Bruce M. Landon, Michael A. Gheleta, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; James Ustasiewski, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellees-cross-appellants.

Before: FARRIS, O'SCANNLAIN, and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges.

O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:

We must decide whether the Forest Service violated both the National Environmental Policy Act and the National Forest Management Act in approving a timber sale on national forest lands in Alaska.

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This litigation concerns proposed sales by the Forest Service of 67 million board feet of timber from the Ushk Bay area of the Tongass National Forest ("Forest") in southeast Alaska.

The Forest is managed pursuant to...

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