SISKIYOU REGIONAL EDUC. v. U.S. FOREST SERVICE

Nos. 06-35332, 06-35373, 06-35381.

565 F.3d 545 (2009)

SISKIYOU REGIONAL EDUCATION PROJECT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE; Scott Conroy, Forest Supervisor Siskiyou National Forest; Lisa Barton; Robert Barton; Gerald Hobbs, Defendants-Appellees. Siskiyou Regional Education Project, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. United States Forest Service; Scott Conroy, Forest Supervisor Siskiyou National Forest; Gerald Hobbs, Defendants, and Lisa Barton; Robert Barton; Lisa Barton; Robert Barton, Waldo Mining District, Defendants-Appellants. Siskiyou Regional Education Project, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. United States Forest Service; Scott Conroy, Forest Supervisor Siskiyou National Forest; Lisa Barton; Robert Barton, Defendants, Waldo Mining District, Defendant, and Gerald Hobbs, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed May 7, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter M.K. Frost, Western Environmental Law Center, Eugene, OR; Roger Flynn, Jeffrey C. Parsons, Western Mining Action Project, Lyons, CO, for plaintiff-appellant Siskiyou Regional Education Project.

Sue Ellen Woolridge, Lane M. McFadden, Lisa Jones, Brian C. Toth, attorneys, Environmental & Natural Resources Division, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for defendant-appellee United States Forest Service.

James L. Buchal, Murphy & Buchal LLP, Portland, OR, for Robert Barton.

David Young, Law Offices of David Young, Los Angeles, CA; Christopher L. Cauble, Cauble, Dole & Sorenson, Grants Pass, OR, for Gerald Hobbs.

Before PAMELA ANN RYMER, THOMAS G. NELSON and RICHARD A. PAEZ, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

PAEZ, Circuit Judge:

Siskiyou Regional Education Project ("SREP") and intervenor miners Robert Barton ("Barton") and Gerald Hobbs ("Hobbs") appeal the district court's rulings in favor of the United States Forest Service ("Forest Service") on claims brought in connection with the Forest Service's interpretation of Mineral Management Standard and Guideline MM-1 ("MM-1"), a mining-related directive contained in the Forest Service's Northwest Forest...

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