OREGON NATURAL RESOURCES v. U.S. BUREAU

No. 05-35245.

470 F.3d 818 (2006)

OREGON NATURAL RESOURCES COUNCIL; Klamath Siskiyou Wildlands Center; Umpqua Watersheds, Inc.; Headwaters, Oregon non-profit organizations, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT; Elaine Marquis Brong, State Director of the Bureau of Land Management for Washington and Oregon, Defendants-Appellees, and Herbert Lumber Company, Defendant-Intervenor.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed December 4, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph O. Bloemers, Cascade Resources Advocacy Group, Portland, OR, for the plaintiffs-appellants.

Michael Gray, U.S. Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division, Washington, D.C., for Federal defendants-appellees.

Before: GOODWIN, TASHIMA, and GRABER, Circuit Judges.


GOODWIN, Circuit Judge:

Oregon Natural Resources Council Fund et al. (ONRC) appeals a summary judgment in favor of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). We reverse and remand.

ONRC challenged the "Mr. Wilson" logging project in the Glendale Resource Area of the Medford BLM District in Oregon, on the ground that the project violated the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 4321-4370f. The specific violation was alleged to...

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