Russell Country Sportsmen v. US Forest Service

In an appeal from a judgment of the district court invalidating defendant-Forest Service’s Travel Management Plan for parts of the Lewis and Clark National Forest, judgment is reversed because: 1) the Montana Wilderness Study Act does not bar the defendant from exercising its discretion to enhance the wilderness character of a study area; and 2) the NEPA does not require the defendant to prepare a supplemental draft environmental impact statement (EIS) where the final decision makes only minor changes and is qualitatively within the spectrum of the alternatives discussed in the draft EIS.