League of Wilderness Defenders—Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project v. United States Forest Service

OPINION AND ORDER

HAGGERTY, Chief Judge.

Plaintiffs in this case sought an injunction to temporarily suspend the implementation of federal defendant’s Monument Fire Recovery Project on the Malheur National Forest pending a resolution of the merits of this case. On May 21, 2004, this court denied plaintiffs’ Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order and scheduled argument on plaintiffs’ Motion for Preliminary Injunction. The parties filed additional briefing, argument was heard, and the motion for the preliminary injunction was taken under advisement.

Subsequent to this hearing, Judge Hogan denied…