The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals today released an opinion in EPI v. UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE, No. 04-15931, an appeal in a civil action against the United States. The panel consisted of J. Clifford Wallace, Michael Daly Hawkins, and Sidney R. Thomas, Circuit Judges.

HAWKINS, Circuit Judge:
The Environmental Protection Information Center (”EPIC”) appeals from the district court’s summary judgment in favor of the United States Forest Service (”USFS”). EPIC challenges USFS’s failure to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (”EIS”) in connection with the proposed Knob Timber Sale in the Klamath National Forest and further argues that the Environmental Assessment (”EA”) USFS did prepare was inadequate. EPIC also contends that the project violates the National Forest Management Act (”NFMA”). We affirm. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY The Knob Timber Sale (the “Project”) is a vegetation management project affecting the Salmon River Ranger District of . . .

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