League of Wilderness Defenders/Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project v. U. S. Forest Service. Country/Territory United States of America Type of court Others Date Jun 29, 2012 Source UNEP, InforMEA Court name United States District Court for the District of Oregon Seat of court Portland Judge Simon. Reference number No. 10-1397 Language English Subject Waste & hazardous substances, Cultivated plants, Wild species & ecosystems Keyword Pesticides Hazardous substances Abstract Plaintiffs filed the lawsuit in November 2010 seeking to halt the application of herbicides on 22,842 acres in the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, including 875 acres designated for aerial spraying. The complaint raised concern about potential damage from herbicides to watersheds, riparian zones and streams. The court found that the agencys EIS showed that it “misunderstands the purpose of the cumulative impacts analysis.” According to the court, the agency improperly started with the assertion that direct impacts from herbicide application would be minimal and then concluded that a thorough cumulative impacts analysis was therefore not necessary. The court agreed with plaintiffs that the agencys environmental impact statement (EIS ) failed to analyze the plans cumulative impacts and remanded the plan to USFS “for further analysis of cumulative impacts” consistent with the National Environmental Policy Act. Full text COU-159569.pdf