Russell County Sportsmen v. United States Forest Service

ELR Citation: 41 ELR 20314
No(s). 10-35623, -35784 (9th Cir. Oct 12, 2011)

The Ninth Circuit reversed a lower court decision invalidating the U.S. Forest Service's 2007 travel management plan for parts of the Lewis and Clark National Forest. Nothing in the Montana Wilderness Study Act of 1977, which requires the Service to manage a wilderness study area so as to "maintain"...