Kane County Order Regarding R.S. 2477  (05/22/2008)
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Notice of Intent to Sue regarding Jetski use at Gulf Islands and Cape Lookout National Seashores and Pictured Rocks National Seashore (12/05/2007)
This Notice of Intent to Sue was delivered to the National Park Service and Department of Interior on December 5, 2007.
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Roadless Rule Injunction (11/29/2006)
November 29, 2006, order issued by US Magistrate Judge Elizabeth LaPorte that states "the federal defendants are enjoined from taking any further action contrary to the Roadless Rule without first remedying the legal violations identified in the Court's opinion of September 20, 2006."
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Synopsis of September 20, 2006, Roadless Ruling (09/21/2006)
Brief overview of a ruling by the U.S. District Court for Northern California in litigation over the Bush Administration’s May 2005 decision to replace the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule with a discretionary state petition process.
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US Judge Reinstates Clinton Roadless Rule (09/20/2006)
In Wilderness Society v U.S. Forest Service, Judge Elizabeth LaPorte of the U.S. District Court Northern District of California ruled that: "The State Petitions Rule is set aside and the Roadless Rule, including the Tongass Amendment, is reinstated. Defendants are enjoined from taking any further action contrary to the Roadless Rule without undertaking environmental analysis consistent with this opinion."
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Forest Service Chiefs Oppose Land Sell-Off (03/13/2006)
Four former Chiefs of the U.S. Forest Service write to Congress in opposition to plan to sell off national forest land.
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Letter Opposing Arctic in Budget Bill (03/08/2006)
2006 Letter from Members of Congress Opposing Arctic Refuge Drilling in the Budget: Senate Republicans Chaffee, Coleman, Collins, McCain, Snowe
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Biscuit LSR Appeal (12/15/2004)
The Wilderness Society's administrative appeal of the Forest Service's Record of Decision on Late Successional Reserves for the Biscuit Fire Recovery Project in Oregon's Siskiyou National Forest.
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Biscuit Roadless Appeal (12/15/2004)
The Wilderness Society's administrative appeal of the Forest Service's Record of Decision on Inventoried Roadless Areas for the Biscuit Fire Recovery Project in Oregon's Siskiyou National Forest.
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Colorado Lease Sales: protest document for inclusion of proposed wilderness areas (05/13/2004)
Protest by conservation organizations of Colorado BLM May 13, 2004 lease sale of 29 parcels that include lands within the Big Ridge, Cow Ridge, Dragon Canyon, Hunter Canyon, and Oil Spring Mountain Citizens Wilderness Proposal Areas.
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Colorado Lease Sales: protest document for inclusion of roadless areas (05/13/2004)
Protest by conservation organizations of Colorado BLM May 13, 2004 lease sale of three parcels containing Forest Service roadless area lands.
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Southwest Four-Wheel Drive Assn v BLM, 10th Circuit affirms dismissal of case (04/08/2004)
Ruling from 10th Circuit Court of appeals affirming lower case decision dismissing case brought by Southwest Four-Wheel Drive Association and others against the BLM seeking to open up Robledo Mountains Wilderness Study Area to off-road vehicles.
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Big Cypress Preserve: ruling on ORV plan (08/11/2003)
Magistrate's report and recommendation for Big
Cypress case on federal ORV plan.
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Settlement Between Department of Interior and State of Utah (04/18/2003)
Settlement Between Department of Interior and State of Utah. The BLM renounces authority to conduct inventories in any state or to establish any new Wilderness Study Areas (WSAs) in any state.
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Klamath Refuges Complaint (10/29/2002)
Lawsuit challenges farming in Klamath Wildlife Refuges
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Klamath Appeal (07/03/2002)
Wilderness Society Appeal of June 4, 2002, Finding of No Significant Impact on Implementation of an Agricultural Program on Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Selection of "No Action" Alternative from January 2001 Draft Environmental Assessment, and Decisions to rescind 1999 Compatibility Determination of Farming on the Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuges and to Reinstate a 1994 Compatibility Determination of Farming on the Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuges.
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Bitterroot Preliminary Injunction (01/07/2002)
Preliminary injunction enjoining the Forest Service and the Secretary of Agriculture from implementing forest salvage logging project.
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National Forest Roadless Rule Goes to Ninth Circuit. (California Environmental Law Reporter) (10/05/2001)
National Forest Roadless Rule Goes to Ninth Circuit. Article by Michael Anderson (TWS) for the July 2001 California Environmental Law Reporter |
