High Sierra Hikers Association v. Blackwell

How courts have described this case

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• holding that, in order to invoke an exception to prohibited conduct in a wilderness area, the Wilderness Act requires the relevant agency to make a reasoned finding of necessity
• holding that, in order to invoke an exception to prohibited conduct in a wilderness area, the Wilderness Act requires the relevant agency to make a reasoned finding of necessity
• holding that the Forest Service must balance many competing interests when carrying out its charge to maintain wilderness character of the land, while still serving the other purposes designated by the Act
• noting that public’s interest in “maintaining pristine wild areas unimpaired by man for future use and enjoyment” weighed in favor of the equitable relief
• finding that district court acted within its discretion when it required 20 agency to assess cumulative impacts by a set date
• finding that 17 district court acted within its discretion when it required agency to assess cumulative 18 impacts by a set date

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).