Opinion ID: 409483
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Violation of the National Forest Management Act.

Text: As an alternate ground for supporting the judgment below, California argues that the RARE II Nonwilderness designations were made in violation of the NFMA. The gist of its argument is that the NFMA requires Nonwilderness designations to be made by using a site-specific local planning process rather than a national review process. The district court considered the argument, but concluded that its ruling on the NEPA cause of action eliminated the need to rule on this issue. California v. Bergland, 483 F.Supp. at 472 n.4. The district court apparently based this conclusion on the belief that its order requiring a more detailed site-specific analysis of RARE II areas overlapped any relief that could be awarded under California's NFMA claim. We agree. Because we have affirmed the district court's ruling with respect to site-specific analysis, we need not reach the NFMA cause of action.