Case Name: FOREST GUARDIANS and Carson Forest Watch, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE, Defendant-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2011-04-21
Citations: 641 F.3d 423
Docket Number: No. 06-2306
Parties: FOREST GUARDIANS and Carson Forest Watch, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE, Defendant-Appellee.
Judges: Before BRISCOE, Chief Judge, and SEYMOUR, TACHA , KELLY, LUCERO, MURPHY, HARTZ, O’BRIEN, TYMKOVICH, GORSUCH, HOLMES, and MATHESON , Circuit Judges .
Reporter: Federal Reporter 3d Series
Volume: 641
Pages: 423–444

Head Matter:
FOREST GUARDIANS and Carson Forest Watch, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 06-2306.
United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.
April 21, 2011.
Steven Sugarman (Alletta Belin with him on the brief), Belin & Sugarman, Santa Fe, NM, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
David C. Shilton, Attorney, Environment & Natural Resources Division, Department of Justice (Ronald J. Tenpas, Assistant Attorney General; Andrew A. Smith and Mark R. Haag, Attorneys, Environment & Natural Resources Division, Department of Justice; Kathryn Toffenetti and Mary Ann Joca, Office of General Counsel, U.S. Department of Agriculture, with him on the brief), Washington, D.C., for Defendant-Appellee.
Before BRISCOE, Chief Judge, and SEYMOUR, TACHA , KELLY, LUCERO, MURPHY, HARTZ, O’BRIEN, TYMKOVICH, GORSUCH, HOLMES, and MATHESON , Circuit Judges .
The Honorable Deanell R. Tacha participated in the en banc court’s consideration of this matter while still on active status. She took senior status effective January 27, 2011, but has participated fully in this order.
The Honorable Scott M. Matheson, Jr., was officially sworn in on December 30, 2010. However, he did not participate in this order.
The Honorable Michael W. McConnell, who participated in the original panel decision, resigned his commission on August 31, 2009 and did not participate in the en banc court's consideration of this matter.
The Honorable Michael W. McConnell, who participated in the panel decision regarding this appeal, resigned his commission on August 31, 2009. As a result, he did not participate in the reissuance of this opinion. The remaining two judges are in agreement with respect to this disposition, however. See 28 U.S.C. § 46(d).

Opinion:
ORDER
On March 8, 2010, this court entered an order granting the appellants' petition for en banc rehearing. Having now considered the parties' briefs and heard oral argument on the matter, the court has voted unanimously to vacate the March 8, 2010 order granting en banc rehearing as improvidently granted. As a result, that order is vacated.
The case is referred back to the original panel for action on the petition for panel rehearing. The remaining members of the original panel, who are in agreement on the matter, 28 U.S.C. § 46(d), grant the appellants' petition for panel rehearing pursuant to Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 40. The previously issued opinion, Forest Guardians v. U.S. Forest Service, 579 F.3d 1114 (10th Cir.2009), is withdrawn. The attached opinion is substituted in its place.