EAJA Awards (#213953)

Bark et al v. United States Forest Service
3:18CV01645 (D OR)
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Forest Service
Brenna Bella and Jennifer Schwartz
312,730.00
Court
Null
Violated NFMA by authorizing a project that is inconsistent with the applicable Forest Plan management directives. Violated the TRM by improperly claiming in its Decision Notice to have identified a minimum road system without addressing or explaining how the identified system is based on the factors listed at 36 C.F.R. ยง 212.5(b). Violated NEPA by issuance of the Crystal Clear Restoration Project EA/FONSI and Decision Notice.
Court finds that he Forest Service did not violate NEPA, the NFMA, or the TMR in approving the Crystal Clear Restoration project.