Center for Biological Diversity v. Carey

Center for Biological Diversity and four other conservation organizations filed a lawsuit in the federal district court for the District of Montana challenging the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM’s) authorization of a project in the Clark Fork River sub-basin and Garnet Mountain Range that would include logging on 8,283 acres, burning on 4,600 acres, and fuels management treatments on 2,146 acres. The complaint asserted violations of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Administrative Procedure Act, and Federal Land Policy and Management Act. The complaint’s NEPA claims included that BLM failed to take a hard look at the climate impacts of the removal of trees.