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148 F.Supp.2d 1107 (2001) KETTLE RANGE CONSERVATION GROUP; Leavenworth Adopt-A-Forest, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE; Harv Forsgren; Robert Vaught, Defendants. No. CS-00-0031-JLQ. United States District Court, E.D. Washington. July 10, 2001. *1108 *1109

MEMORANDUM * Plaintiffs Kettle Range Conservation Group (“Kettle Range”) and Leavenworth Audubon Adop1>-A-Forest (“LAAF”) filed this action against the United States For*731est Service, Harv Forsgren, Acting Regional Forester, Region Six, and Rolando Ortega, Acting Forest Supervisor, Colville National Forest (“CNF”),1

KLEINFELD, Circuit Judge: The issue in this case is whether the Forest Service abused its discretion regarding the scope of a supplement to an environmental impact statement. Facts In 1990, the Forest Service began studying the feasibility of conducting timber sales in 29,600 acres of the Colville National Forest in northeastern Washington. In 1992, after nearly two years of study and

147 F.3d 1155 28 Envtl. L. Rep. 21,317, 98 Cal. Daily Op.Serv. 5305,98 Daily Journal D.A.R. 7452 KETTLE RANGE CONSERVATION GROUP, a non-profit corporation;Inland Empire Public Lands Council, a non-profitcorporation; Northwest Ecosystem Alliance, a non-profitcorporation, Plaintiffs-Appellants,v.U.S. FOREST SERVICE, an agency of the United States,Defendant-Appellee.

971 F.Supp. 480 (1997) KETTLE RANGE CONSERVATION GROUP and Inland Empire Public Lands Council, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE, Defendant. No. 97-207-PA. United States District Court, D. Oregon. June 17, 1997. *481 Gary K. Kahn, Peggy Hennessy, Reeves, Kahn & Eder, Portland, OR, for Plaintiffs. Kristine Ols

480 F.Supp. 1199 (1979) KETTLE RANGE CONSERVATION GROUP, Plaintiff, v. Bob BERGLUND, Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; R. Max Peterson, Chief, United States Forest Service; R. E. Worthington, Regional Forester, Region Six; United States Forest Service; Robert B. Terrill, Forest Supervisor, Colville National Forest, United States Forest Service, and the United States Forest Service or agency of the United States Department of Agr

383 F.Supp.2d 1263 (2005) METHOW FOREST WATCH, Kettle Range Conservation Group, The Lands Council, Wild Wilderness, and North Cascades Conservation Council, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE, Defendant, Washington State Snowmobile Association and Winthrop Snowmobile Rental, Defendant-Intervenors. No. 04-114-KI. United States District Court, D. Oregon. January 20,

Hunt, C.J. — The Kettle Range Conservation Group and the Lands Council (collectively Kettle Range) appeal two decisions of the Forest Practice Appeals Board (Board) in Kettle Range’s action to require environmental regulation compliance before Stimson Lumber Company harvests timber in the LeClerc Creek watershed: (1) the Board’s grant of partial summary judgment to the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR), and (

236 F.3d 468 (9th Cir. 2000) OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS ALLIANCE; WASHINGTON ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL; COLVILLE INDIAN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ALLIANCE; KETTLE RANGE CONSERVATION GROUP, Plaintiffs,andCONFEDERATED TRIBES OF THE COLVILLE RESERVATION, Plaintiff-intervenor Appellant,v.ROBERT WILLIAMS, Regional Forester; RICHARD A. FERRARO, Deputy Regional Forester; UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE; SAM GEHR, Supervisor of the Okanogan National Forest

PER CURIAM: Kettle Range Conservation Group and Inland Empire Public Lands Council (together, Kettle Range) seek emergency relief pending their appeal from the district court’s partial grant and partial denial of a permanent injunction. The partial injunction bars the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) from completing a sweeping exchange of public for private lands until it has fully complied with the requirements of the Nati

150 F.3d 1083 47 ERC 1156, 41 Fed.R.Serv.3d 314, 28Envtl. L. Rep. 21,426,98 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 5646,98 Daily Journal D.A.R. 7855 KETTLE RANGE CONSERVATION GROUP; Inland Empire Public LandsCouncil, Plaintiffs-Appellants,v.UNITED STATES BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, Defendant-Appellee,andClearwater Land Exchange, Defendant-Intervenor-Appellee. No. 98-35516.

TALLMAN, Circuit Judge. The issue in this case is whether federal agencies adequately followed our environmental laws both procedurally and substantively in approving a road-building project for Stimson Lumber Company (“Stimson”). Stimson sought an easement in order to access its land surrounded by the Colville National Forest. This forest is home to several threatened or endangered species. Once Stimson has access to its land

MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER EDWARD J. LODGE, District Judge. Pending before the Court in the above-entitled matter are the Cross-Motions for Summary Judgment filed by the parties in this environmental case. The matters have been fully briefed and are ripe for the Court’s consideration. Having fully reviewed the record, the Court finds that the facts and legal arguments are adequately presented in the

143 F.Supp.2d 1186 (2000) WILDERNESS WATCH, a non-profit corporation under the laws of Montana; William Worf, an individual; and Five Valleys Audubon, Inc., a non-profit corporation under the laws of Montana, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE, an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture; Bertha Gillam, Forest Supervisor of the Bitter-root National Forest; John Mumma, Regional Forester, Northern Region; John Burns, Forest Su

910 F.Supp. 1500 (1995) FRIENDS OF THE WILD SWAN, INC.; et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE, an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture; et al., Defendants. Civil No. 94-1455-JO. United States District Court, D. Oregon. November 9, 1995. *1501 *1502

336 F.3d 944 SELKIRK CONSERVATION ALLIANCE, a non-profit public interest group; Sierra Club, a non-profit public interest group; Kettle Range Conservation Group, a non-profit public interest group; Idaho Conservation League, a non-profit public interest group; Pend Oreille Environmental Team, a non-profit public interest group, Plaintiffs-Appellants,v.Harv FORSGREN, in his official capacity as Regional Forester of the Pacific Northwest Regi

144 P.3d 385 (2006) ALPINE LAKES PROTECTION SOCIETY, Friends of the Loomis Forest, Kettle Range Conservation Group, The Mountaineers, Northwest Ecosystem Alliance, Peninsula Neighborhood Association, Seattle Audubon Society, Washington Environmental Council, Washington Wilderness Coalition, and Whidbey Environmental Action Network, Appellants, v. WASHINGTON STATE FOREST PRACTICES BOARD, Washington Forest Protection Association, Washington State D

966 F.Supp. 1002 (1997) FRIENDS OF the WILD SWAN, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE, et al., Defendants. Civil No. 94-1455-JO. United States District Court, D. Oregon. May 2, 1997. *1003 Gary Keith Kahn, Reeves Kahn & Eder, Portland, OR, Jack R. Tuholske, Missoula, MT, for plaintiffs. Thomas C.

247 F.Supp.2d 495 (2002) VERMONT PUBLIC INTEREST RSEARCH GROUP, National Audubon Society, and Sylvia Knight, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE Defendant, and Vermont Agency of Natural Resources, and State of New York, Intervenor-Defendants No. 2:01-CV-332. United States District Court, D. Vermont. September 13, 2002.

468 F.Supp.2d 1140 (2006) PEOPLE of the State of California ex rel. Bill LOCKYER, et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE; Mike Johanns, Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, et al., Defendant(s). The Wilderness Society, California Wilderness Coalition, et al., Plaintiffs, v. United States Forest Service, an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture; Dale Bosworth, Chief of the United States Fo