United States Ninth Circuit
Russell Country Sportsmen v. US Forest Service, 10-35623
In an appeal from a judgment of the district court invalidating defendant-Forest Service's Travel Management Plan for parts of the Lewis and Clark National Forest, judgment is reversed because: 1) the Montana Wilderness Study Act does not bar the defendant from exercising its discretion to enhance the wilderness character of a study area; and 2) the NEPA does not require the defendant to prepare a supplemental draft environmental impact statement (EIS) where the final decision makes only minor changes and is qualitatively within the spectrum of the alternatives discussed in the draft EIS.
Appellate Information
- Decided 10/12/2011
- Published 10/12/2011
Judges
- FISHER
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit