Legal Opinion
Wilderness Watch v. United States Forest Service
District Court, D. Montana
Decided September 19, 2000No. CV 91-103-M-SRTPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
SIDNEY R. THOMAS, Circuit Judge.
Distilled to its essence, this case concerns whether the United States Forest Service (“USFS”) violated federal environmental law by allowing the construction of several permanent hunting and fishing lodges along the banks of the Salmon River after passage of the Central Idaho Wilderness Act.
Wilderness Watch, William Worf, and Five Valleys Audubon, Inc. (collectively, “Wilderness Watch”) first filed a complaint challenging some of the USFS actions in 1991. Following the filing of cross-motions for summary judgment in 1992 and 1993, the USFS…
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