CITIZENS' COMMITTEE v. U.S. FOREST SERVICE

No. 01-4082.

297 F.3d 1012 (2002)

CITIZENS' COMMITTEE TO SAVE OUR CANYONS and Wasatch Mountain Club, nonprofit organizations; William Thompson and Gavin Noyes, individuals, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE; Bernie Weingardt, Forest Supervisor, Wasatch-Cache National Forest; and Peter W. Karp, Forest Supervisor, Uinta National Forest, Defendants-Appellees, and Snowbird Corporation, Intervenor-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

July 23, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joro Walker (Bruce Plenk with her on the briefs), Salt Lake City, UT, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Todd S. Aagaard, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Environmental & Natural Resources Division, Washington, DC (Andrew Mergen, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Environmental & Natural Resources Division, Washington, DC; John C. Cruden, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Washington, DC; Maggie L. Hughey and Stephen L. Roth, Assistant United States Attorneys, District of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and Elise Foster, Office of General Counsel, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC, with him on the brief), for Defendants-Appellees United States Forest Service, Bernie Weingardt, and Peter W. Karp.

Martin K. Banks (Mark E. Hindley with him on the brief), Stoel Rives LLP, Salt Lake City, UT, for Intervenor-Appellee Snowbird Corporation.

Before EBEL, Circuit Judge, McWILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judge, and BROWN, Senior District Judge.


EBEL, Circuit Judge.

This case centers around privately and publicly owned lands located in Northern Utah and the interactions between Defendant-Appellee United States Forest Service and Plaintiffs-Appellants Citizens' Committee to Save Our Canyons, the Wasatch Mountain Club, William Thompson, and Gavin Noyes (collectively SOC) regarding development plans for the Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort. At issue is whether the Forest Service complied with the National Environmental...

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