Colorado Farm Bureau Federation v. United States Forest Service

SEYMOUR, Chief Judge.

Plaintiffs filed this action in federal district court seeking declaratory and injunctive relief with respect to the State of Colorado’s “Lynx Recovery Plan” (the Plan), which proposed to introduce Canadian lynx into Colorado. The complaint alleged that the Forest Service’s involvement with the Plan violated the Administrative Procedures Act (APA), 5 U.S.C. § 706(2)(A), because the Forest Service failed .to follow the environmental reporting requirements set forth in the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. § 4332. In a thorough opinion, the district court…