Legal Opinion
Native Ecosystems Council v. Leslie Weldon
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 21, 2012No. 11-35659PublishedCited by 93 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
M. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
This case arises out of Native Ecosystems Council’s (Native Ecosystems Council) appeal of the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the United States Forest Service (Forest Service) in an action regarding the Ettien Ridge Fuels Reduction Project (the Project) in the Lewis and Clark National Forest, located in Montana. The Project was designed to reduce the spread and intensity of potential future wildfires in the Judith Basin County Wildland-Urban Interface by removing naturally occurring wildfire fuels. Native Ecosystems Council alleges that…
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