Conservation Congress v. United States Forest Service

ORDER

LAWRENCE K. KARLTON, Senior District Judge.

This action arises from defendant U.S. Forest Service’s decision to undertake the Pilgrim Vegetation Management Project on the Shasta-Trinity National Forest. Plaintiffs Conservation Congress and Kla-math Forest Alliance have brought suit, alleging that defendant failed to comply with the National Forest Management Act and the National Environmental Policy Act. Specifically, plaintiffs argue that defendant (1) failed to engage in sufficient monitoring of management indicator species, (2) failed to classify a variance from a tree retention…