United States Tenth Circuit

Forest Service's decision to close roads in a popular recreation area was in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act ("NEPA"), and was not arbitrary and capricious after proper evaluation of potential environmental consequences and determination that the action would not significantly affect the quality of the human environment.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/25/2002
• Published 04/25/2002

Judges

• BROWN, Senior District Judge., Before EBEL, Circuit Judge, McWILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judge, and BROWN , Senior District Judge.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Kristen L. Cassisa (William Perry Pendley and D. Andrew Wight, Mountain States Legal Foundation, Denver, CO, on the briefs), for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• David C. Shilton, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C. (Lois J. Schiffer, Ass't. Attorney General, Environmental & Nat. Resources Division, Paul M. Warner, U.S. Attorney and Stephen Roth, Asst. U.S. Attorney, Salt Lake City, UT;  Lisa Jones, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., and Kenneth D. Paur, Office of Gen. Counsel, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Ogden, UT, on the briefs), for Defendants-Appellees., Stephen H.M. Bloch (Heidi J. McIntosh and Stephen H.M. Bloch, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, Salt Lake City, UT, on the briefs), for Defendants-Intervenors-Appellees.