Utah Native Plant Society v. U.S. Forest Service
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
BALDOCK, Circuit Judge.
*863 The La Sal Mountain Range, located in southeastern Utah on the Colorado Plateau, encompasses the vast acreage of the Manti-La Sal National Forest. The highest elevations of the national forest support one of the rare alpine communities in the region. At these elevations, sensitive tundra vegetation grows among talus rock and rare plants find their home. To preserve this particular community, Defendant United States Forest Service (FS) in 1988 designated a 2,380 acre portion of the Manti-La Sal National Forest's highest elevations, namely the summits and ridges of Mt.…
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