HELLS CANYON ALLIANCE v. UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE

Nos. 99-35675, 99-35683.

227 F.3d 1170 (2000)

HELLS CANYON ALLIANCE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE; Michael Dombeck, Chief U.S. Forest Service; Robert G. Williams, Regional Forester Region 6; Karyn Wood, Forest Supervisor, Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, Defendants-Appellees. Hells Canyon Preservation Council; Oars Dories Inc. Wilderness Watch; National Organization for Rivers; Rivers Council of Washington; American Whitewater Affiliation; American Canoe Association; Holiday River Expeditions of Idaho Inc.; Canyon Outfitters Inc.; Davis Whitewater, Plaintiffs-Appellants, and Row Inc., Plaintiff, v. Robert Williams, Regional Forester Pacific Northwest Region U.S. Forest Service, Defendant, v. United States Forest Service, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed September 14, 2000.

As Amended November 29, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul A. Turcke, Moore Smith Buxton & Turcke, Chartered, Boise, Idaho, for appellant Hells Canyon Alliance.

William H. Sherlock, Hutchinson, Anderson, Cox, Coons & DuPriest, P.C., Eugene, Oregon, for appellants Hells Canyon Preservation Council et al.

Jared A. Goldstein, United States Department of Justice—Environmental and Natural Resources Division, Washington, D.C., for appellee United States Forest Service.

Before: LAY, TASHIMA, and McKEOWN, Circuit Judges.


McKEOWN, Circuit Judge:

This appeal brings to mind the maxim that you can please all of the people some of the time, and some of the people all of the time, but you can't please all of the people all of the time. At issue are the regulations for motorized water craft adopted by the United States Forest Service ("Forest Service") for portions of the Snake River within the diverse and spectacular area known as the Hells Canyon...

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