ALLIANCE FOR THE WILD ROCKIES v. BRADFORD

No. 14-35786.

856 F.3d 1238 (2017)

ALLIANCE FOR THE WILD ROCKIES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Paul BRADFORD, Kootenai National Forest Supervisor; Faye Krueger, Regional Forester of Region One of the U.S. Forest Service; United States Forest Service, an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, an agency of the U.S. Department of Interior, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed May 17, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy M. Bechtold (argued), Bechtold Law Firm, Missoula, Montana, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Thekla Hansen-Young (argued), John P. Tustin , Robert P. Stockman , and Andrew C. Mergen , Environment & Natural Resources Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; Dana Jacobsen , Office of the Regional Solicitor, United States Department of the Interior, Denver, Colorado; Alan Campbell , Office of the General Counsel, United States Department of Agriculture, Missoula, Montana; for Defendants-Appellees.

Julie A. Weis , Haglund Kelley LLP, Portland, Oregon, for Amicus Curiae Kootenai Tribe of Idaho.

Before: William A. Fletcher, Raymond C. Fisher, and N. Randy Smith, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

Alliance for the Wild Rockies ("Alliance") brings suit under the National Forest Management Act ("NFMA"), the Endangered Species Act ("ESA"), and the National Environmental Policy Act ("NEPA") to enjoin the U.S. Forest Service ("Forest Service") from constructing 4.7 miles of new roads in connection...

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