CENTER FOR BIO. DIVERSITY v. U.S. FOREST SERVICE

CV 22-91-M-DLC.

670 F.Supp.3d 1121 (2023)

CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, Yaak Valley Forest Council, Wildearth Guardians, and Native Ecosystems Council, Plaintiffs, v. U.S. FOREST SERVICE; Leanne Marten, Regional Forester of U.S. Forest Service Region 1; Chad Benson, Supervisor of the Kootenai National Forest; and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Defendants, and Kootenai Tribe of Idaho, Intervenor-Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Montana, Missoula Division.

Signed April 24, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kristine Marie Akland , Akland Law Firm, PLLC, Missoula, MT, Andrea Zaccardi , Center for Biological Diversity, Victor, ID, for Plaintiffs Center for Biological Diversity, Yaak Valley Forest Council, WildEarth Guardians.

Timothy M. Bechtold , Bechtold Law Firm, Missoula, MT, Kristine Marie Akland , Akland Law Firm, PLLC, Missoula, MT, for Plaintiffs Alliance for the Wild Rockies, Native Ecosystems Council.

Sean C. Duffy , U.S. Department of Justice — E.N.R.D. General Litigation, Washington, DC, Caitlyn Faye Cook , Wildlife & Marine Resources Section, Washington, DC, Erika Furlong , DOJ-Enrd, Environment & Natural Resources Division, Washington, DC, for Defendants.

Mark Phares, Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Forestry Division, Missoula, MT, for Amicus Montana Department of Natural Resources & Conservation.


ORDER

Before the Court is Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction. (Doc. 73.) For the reasons stated herein, the motion will be granted.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Plaintiffs Center for Biological Diversity, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, Yaak Valley Forest Council, Wildearth...

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