NORTHCOAST ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER v. GLICKMAN

No. 96-17074.

136 F.3d 660 (1998)

NORTHCOAST ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER; Klamath Forest Alliance; Siskiyou Regional Education Project; Kalmiopsis Audubon Society; Friends of Elk River; Oregon Natural Resources Council; and Siskiyou Audubon Society, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Daniel GLICKMAN, Secretary of the Department of Agriculture; and Bruce Babbitt, Secretary of the Department of Interior, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided February 17, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Axline, Carrie Stillwell, Western Environmental Law Center, Eugene, OR, Nathaniel S.W. Lawrence, Natural Resources Defense Council, San Francisco, CA, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Albert M. Ferlo, Jr., Michael E. Wall, Environment & Natural Resources Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Lois J. Schiffer, Assistant Attorney General, Michael J. Yamaguchi, United States Attorney, Charles M. O'Connor, Assistant United States Attorney, Rose Miksovsky, Office of General Counsel, U.S. Department of Agriculture, San Francisco, CA, Roger Nesbitt, Office of the Solicitor, Pacific Northwest Region, United States Department of Interior, Portland, OR, for defendants-appellees.

Before WOOD, Jr., RYMER and TASHIMA, Circuit Judges.


HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.

Northcoast Environmental Center ("NEC"),1 along with several other environmental organizations, brought suit against the Secretaries of the Departments of Agriculture and Interior (collectively the "Secretaries") claiming the respective Secretaries failed to comply with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. § 4321 et seq. Plaintiffs claim that NEPA requires...

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