WILDERNESS SOCIETY v. BOSWORTH

No. CV-97-208-M-LBE.

118 F.Supp.2d 1082 (2000)

The WILDERNESS SOCIETY, Idaho Conservation League, Inland Empire Public Lands Council, Ecology Center, Friends of Clearwater, Idaho Rivers United, and Clearwater Biodiversity Project, Plaintiffs, v. Dale BOSWORTH, Regional Forester; James Caswell, Forest Supervisor, Clearwater National Forest; and U.S. Forest Service, an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Defendants. Intermountain Forest Industry Association, Resource Organization on Timber Supply, Ltd., Bennett Lumber Products, Inc., and Three Rivers Timber, Inc., Intervener Defendants. Associated Logging Contractors, Inc., a non-profit corporation, Intervener Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Montana, Missoula Division.

July 20, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth A. Brennan, Rossbach Brennan, P.C., Missoula, MT, Laird J. Lucas, William M. Eddie, Land and Water Fund of the Rockies, Boise, ID, William A. Rossbach, Rossbach Brennan, P.C., Missoula, MT, for Wilderness Society, Idaho Conservation League Inland Empire Public Lands Council, Ecology Center, Friends of Clearwater, Idaho Rivers United, Clearwater Biodiversity Project.

John W. Watts, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Env. & Nat. Resources Div., Washington, DC, Edward A. Boling, U.S. Dept. of Justice —Gen. Litigation Section, Washington, DC, William W. Mercer, Office of U.S. Atty., Missoula, MT, Daniel W. Pinkston, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Env. & Nat. Resources Div., Denver, CO, Christine Reck Everett, Office of Gen. Counsel, U.S. Dept. of Ag., Missoula, MT, for Dale Bosworth, James Caswell, U.S. Forest Service.

Rebecca W. Watson, Gough, Shanahan, Johnson & Waterman, Helena, MT, Jeffrey M. Hindoien, Gough, Shanahan, Johnson & Waterman, Helena, MT, Nancy A. Wolff, Richard S. Christensen, Morris and Wolff, St. Maries, ID, for Associated Logging Contractors.

Patrick D. Madigan, Rosholt, Robertson & Tucker, Boise, ID, Bruce M. Smith, Moore Smith Buxton & Turcke, Boise, ID, Steven R. Brown, Garlington, Lohn & Robinson, PLLP, Missoula, MT, Lucy T. France, Garlington, Lohn & Robinson, PLLP, Missoula, MT, for Intermountain Forst Industry, Association, Resource Organization on Timber Supply, Ltd., Bennett Lumber Products, Inc., Three Rivers Timber, Inc.


ORDER

ERICKSON, United States Magistrate Judge.

This action seeks judicial review of Forest Service projects on the Clearwater National Forest under the National Forest Management Act (NFMA), the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), a court-approved settlement agreement outlined in the Stipulation of Dismissal of The Wilderness Society v. Robertson, No. 93-0043-S-HLR (D.Idaho 1993) (referred to by the parties as the "TWS Settlement"), and the...

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