National Audubon Society v. Hoffman

CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:

This appeal flows from the National Forest Service’s decision to implement a logging project in Vermont’s Green Mountain National Forest. The questions before us are, first, whether the Forest Service’s decision to implement this proposed action has met the procedural requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and, second, whether this proposed action is consistent with the Green Mountain National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan, as required by the National Forest Management Act (National Forest Act).

Congress has charged the United States…