Legal Opinion
Oregon Natural Desert Ass'n v. Bureau of Land Management
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 14, 2008No. 05-35931PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BERZON, Circuit Judge:
The Bureau of Land Management (the “BLM” or the “Bureau”) is charged with managing “the public lands and their various resource values so that they are utilized in the combination that will best meet the present and future needs of the American people.” 43 U.S.C. § 1702(c); see also id. § 1712(a), (c). That task, which the Supreme Court has characterized as “enormously complicated,” Norton v. Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (“SUWA ”), 542 U.S. 55, 58, 124 S.Ct. 2373, 159 L.Ed.2d 137 (2004), requires careful planning.
The issue in this case is whether the BLM complied…
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- New Mexico Ex Rel. Richardson v. Bureau of Land ManagementCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2009
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