Legal Opinion
Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project v. Blackwood
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 2, 1998No. 98-35783PublishedCited by 285 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:
We are called upon to determine whether the United States Forest Service (“Forest Service”) could award a series of contracts for timber salvage sales in the Umatilla National Forest in eastern Oregon without preparing an Environmental Impact Statement (“EIS”) for the largest project and without evaluating the cumulative effects of multiple sales proposed in an area burned by a large wildfire. The Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project, Blue Mountain Native Forest Alliance, Society Advocating Natural Ecosystems, and Cascadia Fire Ecology Education Project (collectively…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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3Cited by285 opinions
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