Legal Opinion

Friends of Yosemite Valley v. Kempthorne

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided March 27, 2008No. 07-15124, 07-15791PublishedCited by 56 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WARDLAW, Circuit Judge:

Twenty years after the Merced River, which lies in the heart of the Yosemite National Park, was designated a Wild and Scenic River, and seventeen years after the National Park Service (“NPS”) was statutorily required to prepare a Comprehensive Management Plan (“CMP”) for the Merced Wild and Scenic River, the question whether NPS has developed a valid CMP is again before us. In 2003, we found certain deficiencies in an earlier CMP — the 2000 CMP — and remanded to the district court. See Friends of Yosemite Valley v. Norton, 348 F.3d 789 (9th Cir.2003) (Yosemite I). We…

2Cases cited17 opinions

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