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<br />COALITION FOR SUSTAINABLE RESOURCES, INC., a Colorado non-profit
<br />corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE,
<br />Department of Agriculture; ANN M. VENEMAN, Secretary of the U.S. Department
<br />of Agriculture; UNDERSECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE FOR NATURAL
<br />RESOURCES, United States Department of Agriculture; DALE BOSWORTH,
<br />United States Forest Service Chief Forester; RICK CABLES, United States Forest
<br />Service Regional Forester, Roclry Mountain Region; MARY H. PETERSON,
<br />5upervisor, Medicine Bow National Forest, United States Forest Service, all in their
<br />official capacities, nl Defendants-Appellees, BIODIVERSITY ASSOCIATES and
<br />DONALD J. DUERR, Defeudants-Intervenors-Appellees, NATIONAL WII.DLIFE
<br />FEDERATION, Amicus Curiae.
<br />nl Pursuant to Fed. R. App. P. 43(c)(2), new officeholders are substituted as
<br />appellees in this action.
<br />No. 99-8060
<br />UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE TENTH CIItCUIT
<br />259 F.3d 1244; 2001 U.S. App. LEXIS 17639; 53 ERC (BNA)1368; 31 ELR
<br />20864; 2001 Colo. J. C.A.R 4014
<br />August 7, 2001, Filed
<br />PRIOR HISTORY: Deparhnent of Agriculture, Denver, Colorado; and
<br />[**1] Appeal from the United States District Court for Kathryn Toffenetti, Of Counsel, Office of General
<br />the District of Wyoming. (D.C. No. 98-CV-174-B). D.C. Counsel, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington,
<br />Judge Clarence A. Brimmer. D.C., with her on the brie fl, for Defendants-Appellees.
<br />n2.
<br />DISPOSITION:
<br />AFFIRMED the district court's dismissal for lack of
<br />ripeness and VACATED its dismissal on the merits.
<br />Carolyn L. McIntosh (Michael R. Hope on the brie fl, of
<br />Patton Boggs, LLP, Denver, Colarado, for Defendants-
<br />Intervenors-Appellees.
<br />COUNSEL:
<br />S. Amanda Koehler (William Perry Pendley, with her on
<br />the briefs), of Mountain States Legal Foundation,
<br />Denver, Colarado, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
<br />Sylvia F. Liu, Attorney, U.S. Deparhnent of Justice,
<br />Washington, D.C. (Lois J. Schiffer, Assistant Attorney
<br />General, Washington, D.C.; David D. Freudenthal,
<br />United States Attorney, Cheyenne, Wyoming; Carol A.
<br />Stakus, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Cheyenne, Wyoming;
<br />Andrew C. Mergen, Edward A. Boling, and Jane P.
<br />Davenport, Attorneys, U.S. Deparhnent of Justice,
<br />Washington, D.C.; Kenneth Capps, Of Counsel, U.S.
<br />James B. Dougherty, Washington, D.C., filed a brief for
<br />Amicus Curiae.
<br />n2 We grant Defendants-Appellees' motion to
<br />substitute counsel Andrew C. Mergen for Sylvia
<br />F. Liu. [**2]
<br />JIJDGES:
<br />Before TACHA, Chief Judge, SEYMOUR and EBEL,
<br />Circuit Judges.
<br />OPINIONBY:
<br />EBEL
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