Stupak-Thrall v. Glickman

OPINION

ROBERT HOLMES BELL, District Judge.

This is an action by riparian landowners challenging the authority of the Forest Service to prevent their use of gas powered motor boats on those portions of Crooked Lake that are within the boundaries of the Sylvania Wilderness. 1 This matter is before the Court on the parties’ cross-motions for summary judgment.

I

In 1964 Congress enacted the Wilderness Act of 1964, 16 U.S.C. § 1131 et seq., for the purpose of preserving lands in their natural condition. Wilderness areas are defined as “area[s] where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled…