ALPS v. STATE FOREST PRACTICES BD.

Nos. 32047-9-II, 33676-6-II.

144 P.3d 385 (2006)

ALPINE LAKES PROTECTION SOCIETY, Friends of the Loomis Forest, Kettle Range Conservation Group, The Mountaineers, Northwest Ecosystem Alliance, Peninsula Neighborhood Association, Seattle Audubon Society, Washington Environmental Council, Washington Wilderness Coalition, and Whidbey Environmental Action Network, Appellants, v. WASHINGTON STATE FOREST PRACTICES BOARD, Washington Forest Protection Association, Washington State Department of Ecology, and Washington State Department of Natural Resources, Respondents. Alpine Lakes Protection Society, Friends of the Loomis Forest, Kettle Range Conservation Group, The Mountaineers, Northwest Ecosystem Alliance, Peninsula Neighborhood Association, Seattle Audubon Society, Washington Environmental Council, Washington Wilderness Coalition, and Whidbey Environmental Action Network, Appellants, v. Washington State Forest Practices Board, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division Two.

October 10, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Robert Goldman, Attorney at Law, Toby Thaler, Attorney at Law, Paul August Kampmeier, Seattle, WA, for Appellants.

Colleen G. Warren, Attorney General's Office, Cheryl Ann Nielson, Attorney at Law, Atty. Gen. Ofc. Nat. Res. Div., Olympia, WA, John William Hempelmann, Cairncross & Hempelmann PS, Richard L. Settle, Foster Pepper PLLC, John Patrick Payseno, Attorney at Law, Seattle, WA, for Respondents.


HUNT, J.

¶ 1 Alpine Lakes Protection Society and several other conservation organizations (collectively, "ALPS") appeal two administrative actions, one by the Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) and the other by the Washington Forest Practices Board (Forest Practices Board). We have linked these two appeals.

¶ 2 In the first case, ALPS appeals Ecology's rulemaking amendment of WAC 197-11-800.

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