Earth Island Inst. v. Elliott

Lawrence J. O'Neill, UNITED STATES CHIEF DISTRICT JUDGE

I. INTRODUCTION

Earth Island Institute and Sequoia ForestKeeper ("Plaintiffs") brought this suit *1162against Defendant Kevin Elliott, in his official capacity as Forest Supervisor of the Sequoia National Forest, and the United States Forest Service ("USFS") (together, "Federal Defendants"), challenging the decision to authorize a logging operation along approximately 50.2 miles of road along the east side of the Greenhorn Mountains, outside the Giant Sequoia National Monument, without preparing an Environmental Assessment ("EA") for the…