Update on CA Lawsuit that will remove commercial packers from Sequoia & Kings Canyon Ntl Parks – Just released

Here is the Court’s remedy order on the HSHA’s motion for injunctive relief and vacatur.  It is narrowly drawn to the issue of balancing the need for commercial packers with the goals of the Wilderness Act.  The judge refused to step onto the “slippery slope” of items “necessary” for a wilderness experience and also refused to micromanage the NPS on grazing above 9,700 feet.  He accepted our amicus curiae brief.

Best line:  “It is not appropriate for one group of park users to impose its vision of wilderness etiquette over others.”  Page 8 at 7-8.

Overall, it is as good a ruling as we could have expected.

The pdf below is the court’s remedy order.

Remedies Order

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