Klamath Siskiyou Wildlands Center v. United States Forest Service

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

TROY L. NUNLEY, District Judge.

The matter is before the Court on cross-motions for summary judgment by Plaintiffs Klamath Siskiyou Wildlands Center and Klamath Forest Alliance (“Plaintiffs”) and Defendants United States Forest Service, District Ranger David Hays, and Forest Service Chief Tom Sidwell (“Defendants”). At issue is Defendants’ review and approval of the High Bar Mining Project (the “Project”), a gold mining operation located in the Salmon River watershed in northern California. Plaintiffs allege that Defendants’ review and approval violated the National…