United States Ninth Circuit

In challenge to the United States Forest Service's Record of Decision adopting the modified Idaho Roadless Rule, which creates different categories of land within Idaho's 9.3 million acres of "inventoried roadless areas," summary judgment for defendants is affirmed and the district court opinion is adopted, which held: 1) the Fish and Wildlife Service did not violate the Endangered Species Act in preparing the Biological Opinion; and 2) the Forest Service did not violate National Environmental Policy Act in relying on the Biological Opinion or in preparing the final environmental impact statement and the record of decision approving the Idaho Roadless Rule.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/07/2013
• Published 01/07/2013

Judges

• PER CURIAM

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel