Opinion ID: 622546
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Heading Rank: 6

Heading: Whether the USFS Provided High Quality Environmental Information to the Public About the Safety of Exposure to Reclaimed Water

Text: We decline to reach the issue of whether the USFS failed to provide high quality information about the impacts of ingesting snow made from reclaimed water because the Save the Peaks Plaintiffs have waived it on appeal. The district court found that the Save the Peaks Plaintiffs had abandoned this claim by failing to respond to the USFS's summary judgment motion on this issue. Moreover, in their opening brief, the Save the Peaks Plaintiffs do not argue that the district court erred in finding that it had abandoned this claim. Thus, the Save the Peaks Plaintiffs have waived this claim on appeal. See Ramirez v. City of Buena Park, 560 F.3d 1012, 1026 (9th Cir.2009); Walsh v. Nev. Dep't of Human Res., 471 F.3d 1033, 1037 (9th Cir.2006); Smith v. Marsh, 194 F.3d 1045, 1052 (9th Cir.1999).