Appeals court backs Forest Service's use of habitat area as proxy for endangered species population, allows thinning project to proceed; Redding, CA

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CONGRESS v. U.S. FOREST SERVICE
CONSERVATION CONGRESS; CITIZENS FOR BETTER FORESTRY; KAREN WILSON; MARY LEE STEFFENSEN, Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 09-16182.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Argued and Submitted February 12, 2010 — San Francisco, California.
Filed March 16, 2010.
Before: HALL and McKEOWN, Circuit Judges, and ZILLY,[ 1 ] Senior District Judge.