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Ross MIDDLEMIST, Wayne W. Maughan, Flathead Joint Board of Control, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Secretary of the Interior, Bruce BABBITT; Director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Portland Area, Stanley M. Speaks; Members of the Tribal Council of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, Michael Pablo, Sonny Morigeau, Louis Adams, Hank Baylor, et al., Defendants-Appellees.
    No. 93-35315.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Argued and Submitted March 7, 1994.
    Decided April 6, 1994.
    Jon Metropoulos, Browning, Kaleczyc, Berry & Hoven, Helena, MT, for plaintiffs-appellants.
    John B. Carter, Tribal Legal Dept., Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, Pablo, MT, Peter R. Steenland, Jr. and Ellen J. Durkee, Environment & Natural Resources Div., U.S. Dept, of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellees.
    Harley R. Harris, Asst. Atty. Gen., Helena, MT, for amicus.
    Before: HUG, HALL, and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges.
   ORDER

We affirm the district court on the basis of its well-reasoned published opinion, Middlemist v. Secretary of United States Department of Interior, 824 F.Supp. 940 (D.Mont.1993).

AFFIRMED.