Legal Opinion
Forest Watch, Forest Conservation Council, Friends of the Earth v. United States Forest Service, Docket No. 04-2839-Cv
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 6, 2005No. 115PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JACOBS, Circuit Judge.
In August 2002, the United States Forest Service (the “Forest Service”) approved a logging project in an area of Vermont’s Green Mountain National Forest (“GMNF”) commonly known as Old Joe (the “Old Joe Project”). The work of the Forest Service has been governed by successive regulations promulgated in 1982, 2000 and 2005 (respectively, the “1982 Rules,” “2000 Rules,” and “2005 Rules”), and by a transitional provision contained within the 2000 Rules (the “2000 Transitional Rule”).
Forest Watch, the Forest Conservation Council, and Friends of the Earth (collectively,…
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