Legal Opinion
Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy v. United States Forest Service
District Court, D. Minnesota
Decided April 12, 2012No. Civil No. 10-2178 (SRN/LIB)PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
SUSAN RICHARD NELSON, District Judge.
This matter is before the Court on the parties’ cross motions for summary judgment (Doc. Nos. 44 & 60). For the reasons stated below, this Court denies the motion of Plaintiffs Minnesota Center For Environmental Advocacy, Sierra Club and Northeastern Minnesotans For Wilderness and grants Defendants’ motion.
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
The National Forest Management Act of 1976 (the “NFMA”) “directs the Secretary [of Agriculture] to ‘develop, maintain, and, as appropriate, revise land and resource management plans [LRMPs]…
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