Friends of Southeast's Future v. Morrison

ELR Citation: ELR 20070
No(s). 97-35157, -35346 (9th Cir. Sep 3, 1998)

The court holds that the U.S. Forest Service's approval of a proposed timber sale in the Tongass National Forest in Alaska violated the National Forest Management Act (NFMA), but did not violate the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The court first holds that the Forest Service's tentative o...