Legal Opinion
Russell Country Sportsmen v. United States Forest Service
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 12, 2011No. 10-35623, 10-35784PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FISHER, Circuit Judge:
We decide whether the United States Forest Service’s (Service) 2007 Travel Management Plan for parts of the Lewis and Clark National Forest, including the Middle Fork Judith Wilderness Study Area, violates the Montana Wilderness Study Act of 1977 (Study Act) and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). We hold that nothing in the Study Act, which requires the Service to manage a wilderness study area so as to “maintain” its wilderness character as it existed in 1977, prohibits the Service from exercising its discretion to enhance the wilderness character of a…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Friends of the Clearwater v. DombeckCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2000
- Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. James G. Watt, Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. James G. Watt, Atlantic Richfield Company, Intervenor-DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1983
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