United States Tenth Circuit

Order upholding agency defendants' decision is affirmed in an environmental law challenge by plaintiffs, non-profit organizations whose members enjoy engaging in winter motorized activities, to actions by agencies regarding changes in winter recreational access to an area.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/13/2006
• Published 01/13/2006

Judges

• STEPHEN H. ANDERSON, Circuit Judge., Before HENRY, ANDERSON, and O'BRIEN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Paul A. Turcke, Moore Smith Buxton & Turcke, Chartered, Boise, ID (D. Andrew Wight, Colorado Off-Highway Vehicle Coalition, Denver, CO, with him on the briefs) for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Matthew J. Sanders, United States Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division, Washington, DC (Lois Witte, Of Counsel, Office of General Counsel, United States Department of Agriculture, Golden, CO;  John Kunz, Of Counsel, Office of the Regional Solicitor, United States Department of the Interior, Lakewood, CO;  Kelly A. Johnson, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Denver, CO;  William J. Leone, Acting United States Attorney, Denver, CO;  Jerry N. Jones and Mark S. Pestal, Assistant United States Attorneys, Denver, CO;  and Todd S. Aagaard, Attorney, United States Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division, Washington, DC, with him on the briefs) for Federal Defendants-Appellees., Amelia S. Whiting, Western Resource Advocates, Boulder, CO (Michael Chiropolos, Western Resource Advocates, Boulder, CO;  and Jeffrey C. Parsons, Lyons, CO, with her on the briefs) for Defendants-Intervenors-Appellees.