Heartwood, Inc. v. United States Forest Service

MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

Heartwood, Inc. and Jim Bensman (referred to collectively as Heartwood) appeal the district court’s 1 grant of summary judgment in favor of the United States Forest Service (USFS) and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). For the reasons stated below we affirm the district court.

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Heartwood challenges the USFS’s approval of the Eastwood II Project located in the Mark Twain National Forest (MTNF) in Missouri. The project includes plans to harvest timber. Heartwood argues that approval was inappropriate because the USFS violated the National…