Kern v. United States Bureau of Land Management

Opinion by Judge W. FLETCHER; Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge GRABER.

WILLIAM A. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs Hugh Kern, Leigh Ann Lipscomb, and the Oregon Natural Resources Council Fund (collectively, “ONRC”) appeal the district court’s grant of summary judgment to defendant United States Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”) and defendants-intervenors Douglas Timber Operators, Herbert Lumber Co., and Lone Rock Timber Co. (collectively, “the timber companies”). ONRC’s suit involves BLM action in the Coos Bay District, a BLM district along the southwest coast of Oregon.

ONRC…