Friends of Shawangunks, Inc. v. Clark

OAKES, Circuit Judge.

This case presents the novel question whether amendment of a conservation easement acquired in part with federal funds under the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 as amended, 16 U.S.C. §§ 460/-4 to 460/-11 (1982), so as to permit expansion ' of a golf course with limited access constitutes a conversion “to other than public outdoor recreation uses” under section 6(f)(3) of the Act, 16 U.S.C. § 460/ -8(f)(3).1 The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the National Park Service’s Acting Regional Director, determined that a section 6(f)(3) conversion would not…