Legal Opinion
Earth Island Institute v. United States Forest Service
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 23, 2006No. 05-16775PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAM A. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs Earth Island Institute and the Center for Biological Diversity (collectively, “Earth Island”) appeal the district court’s denial of their motion for a preliminary injunction enjoining the implementation of two United States Forest Service (“USFS”) post-fire restoration projects in the El Dorado National Forest. Sierra Pacific Industries (“SPI”) has joined defendants USFS, Dale Bosworth, and John Berry as an intervenor.
Earth Island contends that the Final Environmental Impact Statements (“FEISs”) for both projects fail to meet the requirements set…
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