Northwest Ecosystem Alliance v. Forest Practices Board

Three agencies of the State of Washington obtained review of a decision by the Court of Appeals, Division Two, in which that court reversed the superior court’s dismissal of a claim by six conservation organizations that the agencies failed to promulgate rules that adequately protected certain natural resources as required by statute. The Court of Appeals also reversed the superior court’s dismissal of the conservation organizations’ challenge to the validity of several forest practice regulations. We hold that the Court of Appeals erred in reversing the superior court’s dismissal of the…