SOUTHERN UTAH WILDERNESS ALLIANCE; Natural Resources Defense Council; Wilderness Society; National Parks Conservation Association; Grand Canyon Trust; Sierra Club; National Trust for Historic Preservation; Rocky Mountain Wild; Utah Rivers Council; Great Old Broads for Wilderness, Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
Marcilynn BURKE, in Her Official Capacity as Assistant Secretary for Lands and Minerals Management of the United States Department of the Interior; United States Bureau of Land Management; United States Department of Interior, Defendants-Appellees,
San Juan County; Kane County, Intervenors Defendants-Appellants, and
State of Utah; Carbon County; Twilight Resources; Par 5 Exploration, LLC; Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration; Uintah County, Utah; Duchesne County, Utah; Daggett County, Utah; Trails Preservation Alliance, Inc.; Emery County; Grand County; XTO Energy, Intervenors Defendants.
Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance; Natural Resources Defense Council; Wilderness Society; National Parks Conservation Association; Grand Canyon Trust; Sierra Club; National Trust for Historic Preservation; Rocky Mountain Wild; Utah Rivers Council; Great Old Broads for Wilderness, Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
Marcilynn Burke, in Her Official Capacity as Assistant Secretary for Lands and Minerals Management of the United States Department of the Interior; United States Bureau of Land Management; United States Department of Interior, Defendants-Appellees,
San Juan County; EOG Resources, Inc.; Kane County; Twilight Resources; Par 5 Exploration, LLC; Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration; XTO Energy; Badlands Energy; Crescent Point Energy US Corp., Intervenors Defendants,
State of Utah; Carbon County; Uintah County, Utah; Duchesne County, Utah; Daggett County, Utah; Emery County; Grand County, Intervenors Defendants-Appellants, and
Trails Preservation Alliance, Inc.; Blue Ribbon Coalition, Inc.; Colorado Off-Highway Vehicle Coalition, Intervenors Defendants-Appellees.
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FILED November 7, 2018.
FILED November 7, 2018.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
David Halverson ( Sean D. Reyes , Utah Attorney General, Anthony L. Rampton and Kathy A.F. Davis , on the briefs), Office of the Attorney General for the State of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, appearing for Appellants State of Utah and Carbon, Daggett, Duchesne, Emery, Grand, and Uintah Counties.
Shawn T. Welch ( Ashley A. Peck , with him on the briefs), Holland & Hart LLP, Salt Lake City, Utah, appearing for Appellants San Juan and Kane Counties.
Thekla Hansen-Young , Attorney, Environment & Natural Resources Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC ( Jeffrey H. Wood , Acting Assistant Attorney General and Eric Grant , Deputy Assistant Attorney General, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC; Andrew C. Mergen , Robert J. Lundman , and Luther L. Hajek , Attorneys, Environment & Natural Resources Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC; and Veronica Larvie , Office of the Solicitor, United States Department of the Interior, Washington, DC, with her on the brief), appearing for Appellees United States Bureau of Land Management.
Robin Cooley , Earthjustice, Denver, Colorado ( Stephen Bloch , Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, Salt Lake City, Utah, with her on the brief), appearing for Appellees Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, Natural Resources Defense Council, Wilderness Society, National Parks Conservation Association, Grand Canyon Trust, Sierra Club, National Trust for Historic Preservation, Rocky Mountain Wild, Utah Rivers Council, and Great Old Broads for Wilderness.
Before BRISCOE, BALDOCK, and EID, Circuit Judges.
BRISCOE, Circuit Judge.
These appeals were filed following district court approval of a settlement agreement. The Settlement Agreement sought to end a longstanding, complex dispute dating from 2008. In 2008, environmental groups led by the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (collectively, "SUWA") challenged six resource management plans ("RMPs")...
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