United States Tenth Circuit

In a challenge to the Forest Service's decision to issue a special use permit to intervenor to conduct helicopter skiing operations in two national forests, a decision upholding the permit is affirmed as the decision complied with both the National Forest Management Act (NFMA) and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/15/2008
• Published 01/16/2008

Judges

• TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judge., Before HENRY, Chief Judge, EBEL and TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• William B. Lockhart (Sarah Tal, Wildlaw Southwest, with him on the briefs), Salt Lake City, UT, for Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jared C. Bennett, Assistant United States Attorney (Brett L. Tolman, United States Attorney, District of Utah, with him on the brief), Office of the United States Attorney, Salt Lake City, UT, for Appellees., Michael J. Malmquist, Parsons Behle & Latimer, Salt Lake City, UT, on the brief for Intervenor-Appellee.