Legal Opinion
Native Ecosystems Council v. Weldon
District Court, D. Montana
Decided March 26, 2012No. CV 11-99-M-DWMPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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DONALD W. MOLLOY, District Judge.
The plaintiffs challenge the Custer National Forest’s Beaver Creek Landscape Management Project. Both parties move for summary judgment and for the reasons set forth below both motions are granted in part and denied in part.
Background
The Forest Service’s Record of Decision for the Project authorizes, among other things, 1,487 acres of commercial logging, 35.2 miles of road construction or reconstruction, and 8,054 acres of prescribed burning. The Project will take six to ten years to implement.
The plaintiffs challenge several aspects of the Project. They…
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