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HIGH SIERRA HIKERS ASS'N v. BLACKWELL

Nos. 02-15504, 02-15505, 02-15574.

390 F.3d 630 (2004)

HIGH SIERRA HIKERS ASSOCIATION; Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics and Wilderness Watch, Plaintiffs-Appellants, and National Forest Recreation Association, High Sierra Packers Association; Yosemite Trails Pack Station; Minarets Pack Station; D & F Pack Station; High Sierra Pack Station; Mammoth Lake Pack Outfit; McGee Creek Pack Station; Frontier Pack Trains; Reds/Agnew Meadows; Rock Creek Pack Station; Berner's Pack Outfits; Bishop Pack Outfitters; Cottonwood Pack Station; Glacier Pack Train; Rainbow Pack Outfitters, Intervenors, v. Jack A. BLACKWELL, Regional Forester, Region 5 of the U.S. Forest Service; Jeffrey Bailey, Supervisor, Inyo National Forest; James Boynton, Supervisor, Sierra National Forest; Dale A. Bosworth, Chief, U.S. Forest Service; United States Forest Service, Defendants-Appellees. High Sierra Hikers Association; Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics and Wilderness Watch, Plaintiffs-Appellees, and National Forest Recreation Association, High Sierra Packers Association; Yosemite Trails Pack Station; Minarets Pack Station; D & F Pack Station; High Sierra Pack Station; Mammoth Lake Pack Outfit; McGee Creek Pack Station; Frontier Pack Trains; Reds/Agnew Meadows; Rock Creek Pack Station; Berner's Pack Outfits; Bishop Pack Outfitters; Cottonwood Pack Station; Glacier Pack Train; Rainbow Pack Outfitters, Intervenors, v. Jack A. Blackwell, Regional Forester, Region 5 of the U.S. Forest Service; Jeffrey Bailey, Supervisor, Inyo National Forest; James Boynton, Supervisor, Sierra National Forest; Dale A. Bosworth, Chief, U.S. Forest Service; United States Forest Service, Defendants-Appellants. High Sierra Hikers Association; Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics and Wilderness Watch, Plaintiffs-Appellees, National Forest Recreation Association, High Sierra Packers Association; Yosemite Trails Pack Station; Minarets Pack Station; D & F Pack Station; High Sierra Pack Station; Mammoth Lake Pack Outfit; McGee Creek Pack Station; Frontier Pack Trains; Reds/Agnew Meadows; Rock Creek Pack Station; Berner's Pack Outfits; Bishop Pack Outfitters; Cottonwood Pack Station; Glacier Pack Train; Rainbow Pack Outfitters, Intervenors-Appellants, v. Jack A. Blackwell, Regional Forester, Region 5 of the U.S. Forest Service; Jeffrey Bailey, Supervisor, Inyo National Forest; James Boynton, Supervisor, Sierra National Forest; Dale A. Bosworth, Chief, U.S. Forest Service; United States Forest Service, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 25, 2004.

Amended December 1, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter M.K. Frost, Western Environmental Law Center, Eugene, OR, for the plaintiffs-appellants-cross-appellees.

David C. Shilton, Appellate Section, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for the defendants-appellees-cross-appellants.

John E. Dicks and Donald R. Dinan, Hall, Estill, Hardwick, Gable, Golden & Nelson, P.C., Washington, DC, for the intervenors-defendants-cross-appellants.

Before HUG, JOHN R. GIBSON, and FISHER, Circuit Judges.

HUG, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs, High Sierra Hikers Association, et al. (collectively "High Sierra") brought the present suit against the United States Forest Service1 ("Forest Service") seeking declaratory and injunctive relief for management practices in the John Muir and Ansel Adams Wilderness Areas. Plaintiffs are nonprofit organizations dedicated to conservation, education, and wilderness...

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