Principal Law:

National Forest Management Act (NFMA)

20 Cases found

Concerned Friends of the Winema v. McKay

Filing Date: 2019
Court/Admin Entity: D. Or.
Status: Defendants' motion for summary judgment granted. [ 07/05/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to decisions of the U.S. Forest Service that opened up additional acreage to livestock grazing on the Antelope Allotment in the Fremont-Winema National Forest in south-central Oregon.

Greater Hells Canyon Council v. Wilkes

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: D. Or.
Status: Brief filed by amicus curiae Nez Pierce Tribe in support of plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment. [ 01/20/2023 ]
Description: Challenge to U.S. Forest Service approval of the Forest Plans Amendment to Forest Management Direction for Large Diameter Trees in Eastern Oregon and Southeastern Washington that allegedly would remove protections for large and old trees.

O’Neil v. Steele

Filing Date: 2019
Court/Admin Entity: D. Mont.
Status: Plaintiff's motion for summary judgment denied and defendants' motion for summary judgment granted. [ 12/06/2021 ]
Description: Lawsuit asserting that U.S. Forest Service failed to consider the albedo effect when developing a management plan.

San Luis Valley Ecosystem Council v. Dallas

Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: D. Colo.
Status: Petition for review filed. [ 11/08/2021 ]
Description: Lawsuit challenging the U.S. Forest Service’s authorization of the Rio Grande National Forest Land Management Plan and associated actions.

Friends of the Clearwater v. Probert

Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: D. Idaho
Status: Intervenors filed joinder in federal defendants' motion to alter or amend the judgment. [ 07/22/2022 ]
Description: Lawsuit challenging the U.S. Forest Service's approvals of two logging projects in the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests.

Organized Village of Kake v. Perdue

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: D. Alaska
Status: Complaint filed. [ 12/23/2020 ]
Description: Challenge to final rule exempting the Tongass National Forest in Alaska from the Roadless Area Conservation Rule.

Alliance for the Wild Rockies v. U.S. Forest Service

Filing Date: 2019
Court/Admin Entity: E.D. Wash.
Status: Government's cross-motion for summary judgment granted and plaintiff's motion for summary judgment denied. [ 12/01/2020 ]
Description: Challenge to U.S. Forest Service restoration project in Washington.

Monroe County Board of Commissioners v. U.S. Forest Service

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: S.D. Ind.
Status: Motions for summary judgment granted in part and denied in part. [ 03/30/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to the U.S. Forest Service’s approval of a vegetation management and restoration project in the Hoosier National Forest.

Center for Biological Diversity v. Bernhardt

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: D. Ariz.
Status: Unopposed joint motion filed to approve stipulated settlement agreement and to dismiss case. [ 03/17/2021 ]
Description: Lawsuit challenging federal defendants’ failures to take actions to protect the endangered New Mexico meadow jumping mouse.

Bark v. U.S. Forest Service

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: 9th Cir.
Status: Request granted to publish memorandum disposition that reversed district court's judgment and remanded case to the district court with instructions to remand to the U.S. Forest Service for further proceedings. [ 05/04/2020 ]
Description: Challenge to forest thinning project.

Alliance for the Wild Rockies v. Pena

Filing Date: 2016
Court/Admin Entity: E.D. Wash.
Status: Order issued granting defendants' and intervening defendants' cross motions for summary judgment and denying plaintiff's motion for summary judgment. [ 10/02/2018 ]
Description: Challenge to the U.S. Forest Service's approval of a restoration, logging, and timber sale venture in the Colville National Forest.

Conservation Congress v. U.S. Forest Service

Filing Date: 2013
Court/Admin Entity: E.D. Cal.
Status: Defendants' motion to dissolve the injunction and amend the judgment granted. [ 03/02/2018 ]
Description: Challenge to timber sale project in Mendocino National Forest that allegedly threatened Northern spotted owl.

Alliance for Wild Rockies v. Brazell

Filing Date: 2012
Court/Admin Entity: D. Idaho
Status: Plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment denied; defendants' cross-motion for summary judgment granted. [ 11/27/2013 ]
Description: Challenge to project intended to improve conditions in the Little Slate Creek watershed in Idaho.

Idaho Rivers United v. Probert

Filing Date: 2016
Court/Admin Entity: D. Idaho
Status: Court issued memorandum decision and order regarding motion for preliminary injunction. [ 05/12/2016 ]
Description: Challenge to reviews for timber salvage project on federal lands in Idaho.

Western Watersheds Project v. Schneider

Filing Date: 2016
Court/Admin Entity: D. Idaho
Status: Motion for preliminary injunction granted. [ 10/16/2019 ]
Description: Challenge to Forest Service and BLM approvals of revised land use plans for lands located in range of greater sage-grouse.