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LEAGUE OF WILDERNESS DEFENDERS v. FOREST SERVICE

No. 11-35451.

689 F.3d 1060 (2012)

LEAGUE OF WILDERNESS DEFENDERS-BLUE MOUNTAINS BIODIVERSITY PROJECT, an Oregon non-profit corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE; John Allen, in his official capacity as Forest Supervisor, Deschutes National Forest; Bov Eav, in his official capacity as Director of the Pacific Northwest Research Station, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed July 30, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sean Malone , Eugene, OR, Ralph Owen Bloemers , Cascade Resources Advocacy Group, Portland, OR, Rachel Fazio , Cedar Ridge, CA, for the appellant.

John David Gunter, II , U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., Office of the U.S. Attorney, Portland, OR, for the appellees.

Scott W. Horngren , American Forest Resource Council, Portland, OR, for Amicus Curiae Interfor Pacific, Inc.

Before: WILLIAM A. FLETCHER, RAYMOND C. FISHER, and JAY S. BYBEE, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

This case involves an Experimental Forest Thinning, Fuels Reduction, and Research Project ("the Project") in the Deschutes National Forest in the eastern Cascades of central Oregon. The Project allows logging and controlled burning on roughly 2,500 acres of the Pringle Falls Experimental Forest. The purpose of the Project is two-fold: to reduce the risk of wildfire and beetle infestation, and to conduct research on ponderosa...

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