ROCKY MOUNTAIN WILD v. VILSACK

Civil Action No. 09-cv-01272-WJM.

843 F.Supp.2d 1188 (2012)

ROCKY MOUNTAIN WILD, a Colorado non-profit corporation, and WildEarth Guardians, a New Mexico non-profit corporation, Petitioners, v. Tom VILSACK, in his official capacity as the Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Tidwell, in his official capacity as the Chief Forester of the U.S. Forest Service, Thomas Malecek, in his official capacity as District Ranger for the Rio Grande National Forest, and United States Forest Service, an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Respondents.

United States District Court, D. Colorado.

February 9, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Ray Harris , Kevin J. Lynch , University of Denver-Sturm College of Law, Denver, CO, for Petitioners.

Peter Christopher Whitfield , U.S. Department of Justice-DC, Washington, DC, for Respondents.


OPINION AND ORDER

WILLIAM J. MARTINEZ, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court on a Petition for Review of Agency Action (the "Petition") challenging the U.S. Forest Service's approval of the Handkerchief Mesa Timber Project, which authorized logging in certain areas of the Rio Grande National Forest in southwestern Colorado. The matter has been fully briefed (ECF No. 24, 26, 31), and Respondents (the "Forest Service") have submitted the administrative...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases