Salmon River Concerned Citizens v. Robertson

TANG, Senior Circuit Judge: Appellants (collectively, ""SRCC"")1 challenge the vegetation management policy for the Pacific Southwest Region adopted by the Chief Forester for the United States Forest Service (""Forest Service"" or ""Service""). In particular, SRCC challenges the environmental impact statement underlying the policy and issued under the provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act (""NEPA""), 42 U.S.C. § 4332. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the Forest Service. SRCC appeals, arguing that the impact statement is inadequate under NEPA. The Forest Service counters that SRCC lacks standing to press its action, and that its claims lack merit. We find that SRCC has standing, but affirm the district court's summary judgment in favor of the Forest Service.