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GLISSON v. U.S. FOREST SERVICE

No. 97-2840.

138 F.3d 1181 (1998)

Joseph M. GLISSON and John B. Wallace, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 13, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric M. Schwing (submitted), Babette P. Salus, Schwing & Salus, Springfield, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Andrew C. Mergen, Department of Justice, Land & Natural Resources Division, Washington, DC, William E. Coonan, Office of the United States Attorney, Civil Division, Fairview Heights, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and FAIRCHILD and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Chief Judge.

Before us is an appeal from a grant of summary judgment to the Forest Service in a suit to enjoin an "ecological restoration" project in a 10,500 acre tract ("Opportunity Area 6") of the Shawnee National Forest in southern Illinois. The litigation has a long history unnecessary to recount, as the issues presented by the appeal are narrow ones. The first concerns the Service's compliance with a federal regulation that requires it "to maintain viable...

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