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161952P.pdf 05/30/2017 Ozark Society v. United States Forest Service
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 16-1952
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Little Rock
[PUBLISHED] [Chief Judge Smith, Author, with Kelly, Circuit Judges and
Sipple, District Judge]
Civil Case - Environmental Matter. Nonprofit conservation and recreation
group sought declaratory judgment declaring as arbitrary and capricious
the Forest Service's decision that it need not create, supplement or
revise the original 2010 Supplemental Information Report after the
prediction about future gas development in the Ozark National Forest
increased 85 times. This appeal from the district court's order denying
relief is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction; Ozark Society lacks
standing, as it did not argue the Forest Service's action affect all its
members in a concrete way and it failed to identify an individual member
who has a specific plan to use the national forest in the future.