Greater Yellowstone Coalition v. Larson

MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER

MIKEL H. WILLIAMS, United States Magistrate Judge.

Greater Yellowstone Coalition, Natural Resources Defense Council, Sierra Club, and Defenders of Wildlife (“Plaintiffs”) challenge the decision of the U.S. Forest Service (“Forest Service”) and the Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”) (collectively, the “Agencies” or “Federal Defendants”) to allow expansion of the J.R. Simplot’s (“Simplot”) Smoky Canyon Mine (the “Mine”) into two new panels that have not been previously subject to phosphate mining. Pending before the Court are Plaintiffs’ Motion for Summary Judgment…