Bark v. United States Forest Service

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Denying Plaintiffs’ Motion FOR Summary Judgment; Granting Federal Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment; and Granting Intervenor-Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment

RUDOLPH CONTRERAS United States District Judge

I. INTRODUCTION

“National Forests are made for and owned by the people.” Gifford Pinchot, U.S. Dep’t of Agric., Forest Serv., The Use of the National Forests 25 (1907). This litigation revolves around the ability of the people to access their National Forests— or, to be more specific, certain designated recreation areas within the National Forests — without being…