Public Lands for the People, Inc. v. United States Department of Agriculture

ORDER

LAWRENCE K. KARLTON, Senior District Judge.

In 2008, the United States Forest Service adopted a “Travel Management Plan” for the Eldorado National Forest (“2008 Plan” and “ENF”). This plan limits motorized vehicle use of Forest Service roads and generally prohibits cross-country motorized travel.

Plaintiffs are miners. They challenge the 2008 Plan under twenty causes of action, most of which invoke several theories of liability. Broadly speaking, plaintiffs argue that the plan interferes with access to mining claims in the ENF. Defendants are the United States Department of Agriculture,…