WILDERNESS WATCH v. U.S. FOREST SERVICE

No. CV 91-103-M-SRT.

143 F.Supp.2d 1186 (2000)

WILDERNESS WATCH, a non-profit corporation under the laws of Montana; William Worf, an individual; and Five Valleys Audubon, Inc., a non-profit corporation under the laws of Montana, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE, an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture; Bertha Gillam, Forest Supervisor of the Bitter-root National Forest; John Mumma, Regional Forester, Northern Region; John Burns, Forest Supervisor of the Salmon National Forest; and Gray Reynolds, Regional Forester, Inter-mountain Region, Defendants.

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

September 19, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack R. Tuholske, Missoula, MT, for Wilderness Watch, William Worf.

Lorraine D. Gallinger, Office of the U.S. Attorney, Billings, MT, for USFS, Bertha Gillam, John W. Mumma, John Burns, Gray Reynolds.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

SIDNEY R. THOMAS, Circuit Judge.

Distilled to its essence, this case concerns whether the United States Forest Service ("USFS") violated federal environmental law by allowing the construction of several permanent hunting and fishing lodges along the banks of the Salmon River after passage of the Central Idaho Wilderness Act.

Wilderness Watch, William Worf, and Five Valleys Audubon, Inc. (collectively, "Wilderness Watch") first...

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