Idaho Wool Growers Ass'n v. Vilsack

ORDER ON CROSS-MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

A. WALLACE TASHIMA, United States Circuit Judge.

Now pending before the court are the parties’ cross-motions for summary judgment, which have been fully briefed and argued and, on March 17, 2014, taken under submission. For the reasons set forth below, Defendants’ and Intervenors-De-fendants’ motions are granted. Plaintiffs’ motion is denied.

I. Background

In 2003, Defendants completed a revision of the 1988 Payette National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan. FS005768 [ROD at 1]. The Intermountain Regional Forester received a number of appeals of…