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FOREST GUARDIANS v. ANIMAL & PLANT HEALTH INSPECT.

No. 01-15239.

309 F.3d 1141 (2002)

FOREST GUARDIANS; Wildlife Damage Review; Carson Forest Watch; Animal Protection of New Mexico, Inc.; Oregon Natural Desert Association; Predator Defense Institute; T&E Inc.; Idaho Watersheds Project; Committee for Idaho's High Desert; Wilderness Watch; The Predator Education Fund; Sinapu; Animal Protection Institute; Friends of Nevada Wilderness; Hells Canyon Preservation Council; Gila Watch; John Horning, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ANIMAL & PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture; United States Forest Service, an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture, Defendants-Appellees, Arizona, State of Intervenor-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed October 31, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Sugarman, Belin & Sugarman, Santa Fe, NM, for the plaintiffs-appellants.

Greer Goldman, Susan Pacholski, U.S. Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Washington, DC, for the defendants-appellees.

Jay R. Adkins, Assistant Attorney General, Phoenix, AZ, for the defendant-intervenor-appellee.

Before WALLACE, KOZINSKI, and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

PER CURIAM.

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service ("APHIS") and the United States Forest Service have been killing mountain lions in the Santa Teresa Wilderness to protect private livestock. A coalition of conservation organizations and one individual ("Forest Guardians") sought to enjoin this practice on the ground that it violates the Wilderness Act. Forest Guardians also claimed that APHIS and the Forest Service failed to conduct adequate...

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