United States Ninth Circuit

In a suit against the United States Forest Service, challenging its small fuels-reduction project in the National Forest in Montana, the judgment of the district court is affirmed where: 1) the Forest Service took the requisite "hard look" at the environmental impact of the project on the elk hiding cover and goshawk populations in the manner required by the NEPA; and 2) the district court did not err in granting summary judgment to the Forest Service on plaintiffs' claims because the Forest Service reasonably considered the relevant factors that could have impacted the elk hiding cover and goshawk populations in its analysis of the project.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/21/2012
• Published 09/21/2012

Judges

• Smith

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel