ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INFO. CENTER v. CARLSON

No. 19-17479.

968 F.3d 985 (2020)

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INFORMATION CENTER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Ann CARLSON, in her official capacity as the Forest Supervisor of the Mendocino National Forest; United States Forest Service, Defendants-Appellees. Sierra Pacific Industries, Intervenor-Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 3, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matt Kenna (argued), Public Interest Environmental Law, Durango, Colorado; René P. Voss , Natural Resources Law, San Anselmo, California; for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Jeffrey Bossert Clark (argued), Assistant Attorney General; Eric Grant , Deputy Assistant Attorney General; Sally J. Sullivan , John P. Tustin , and Jeffrey S. Beelaert , Attorneys; Environment and Natural Resources Division, Washington, D.C.; for Defendants-Appellees.

Sara Ghafouri (argued) and Lawson E. Fite , American Forest Resource Council, Portland, Oregon; Tyler Welti , Venable LLP, San Francisco, California; for Intervenor-Defendant-Appellee.

Before: William A. Fletcher and Kenneth K. Lee, Circuit Judges, and Benjamin H. Settle, District Judge.


OPINION

In July 2018, the Ranch Fire burned more than 400,000 acres in Northern California, including almost 300,000 acres in the Mendocino National Forest. After the fire, the United States Forest Service approved the Ranch Fire Roadside Hazard Tree Project (the "Project"). The Project authorizes the Forest...

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