Siskiyou Regional Education Project v. United States Forest Service

OPINION

PAEZ, Circuit Judge:

Siskiyou Regional Education Project (“SREP”) and intervenor miners Robert Barton (“Barton”) and Gerald Hobbs (“Hobbs”) appeal the district court’s rulings in favor of the United States Forest Service (“Forest Service”) on claims brought in connection with the Forest Service’s interpretation of Mineral Management Standard and Guideline MM-1 (“MM-1”), a mining-related directive contained in the Forest Service’s Northwest Forest Plan (“NFP”).

The NFP provides that Standards and Guidelines do not apply when contrary to existing law or regulation. Although 36 C.F.R. §…