LEAGUE OF WILDERNESS DEFENDERS v. CONNAUGHTON

No. 13-35653.

752 F.3d 755 (2014)

LEAGUE OF WILDERNESS DEFENDERS/BLUE MOUNTAINS BIODIVERSITY PROJECT, an Oregon nonprofit corporation; Hells Canyon Preservation Council, an Oregon nonprofit corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Kent CONNAUGHTON, Regional Forester, Pacific Northwest Region of the Forest Service, in his official capacity; United States Forest Service, an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, an agency of the United States Department of the Interior; Gary Miller, Field Supervisor, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, in his official capacity, Defendants-Appellees, Baker County, a political subdivision of the State of Oregon; Union County, a political subdivision of the State of Oregon; Boise Cascade Wood Products, a Delaware limited liability company; American Forest Resource Council, an Oregon nonprofit corporation; Chary Mires, an individual; Oregon Small Woodlands Association, an Oregon nonprofit corporation, Intervenor-Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed May 8, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Buchele (argued) , Earthrise Law Center, Portland, OR, for Plaintiff-Appellant League of Wilderness Defenders/Blue Mountain Preservation Project.

Jennifer Schemm , La Grande, OR, for Plaintiff-Appellant Hells Canyon Preservation Council.

J. David Gunter II (argued) , Robert G. Dreher , and Beverly F. Li , United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Defendants-Appellees.

Caroline Lobdell (argued) , Western Resources Legal Center, and Scott W. Horngren , American Forest Resource Council, Portland, OR, for Defendant-Intervenors-Appellees.

Before: RAYMOND C. FISHER, RONALD M. GOULD, and MORGAN CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

GOULD, Circuit Judge:

The League of Wilderness Defenders/Blue Mountain Biodiversity Project and the Hells Canyon Preservation Council (collectively "the LOWD plaintiffs") appeal from the district court's denial of their motion to preliminarily enjoin the Snow Basin logging project. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1292(a)(1). We affirm in part and reverse in part the district court's order, and remand the case to the district court for...

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