Legal Opinion
Southwest Center for Biological Diversity v. U.S. Forest Service
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 19, 1996No. 96-15756PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
D.W. NELSON, Circuit Judge:
The Southwest Center for Biological Diversity appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the United States Forest Service in Southwest Center’s action claiming that a proposed sale of salvage timber in the Coronado National Forest violates the Rescissions Act of 1995, Pub.L. No. 104-19, § 2001, 109 Stat. 194, 240-47. The Rescissions Act provides that the Secretary of Agriculture shall prepare an Environmental Assessment (EA) under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 4321-4335, and a Biological Evaluation (BE) under the…
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