ELR Citation: 55 ELR 20145
No(s). 24-6402 (9th Cir. Oct 17, 2025)

In an unpublished opinion, the Ninth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for the Forest Service in a challenge to its approval of a project to cut down trees burned by wildfires on national forest land in 2020 and 2021. Environmental groups argued the Service violated NEPA when it approved the project...