List of documents in support of April 2004 lawsuit contesting anti-wilderness settlement between Utah and DOI

Documents in Support of Legal Brief Filed in Objection to Anti-Wilderness Settlement between Utah and Interior Department

Below are a list of supporting documents to a legal brief filed by 10 conservation organizations on April 5, 2004, in objection to precedent-setting anti-wilderness settlement entered into last year between the State of Utah and the Department of the Interior. For information about the lawsuit, click here.

Wilderness Lawsuit April 04: Brooks memo on latest draft stripped of back and forth on settlement.

Email memo from Constance Brooks, dated 4/1/03, on latest settlement draft being stripped of edits.

Wilderness Lawsuit April 04: Comer memo on draft wilderness options

Cover memo, dated 11/20/02, from Bob Comer to Griles/Myers/Watson/Clarke/Pearce on draft wilderness options, of which 9 pages were witheld from release.

Wilderness Lawsuit April 04: Memo on background on withdrawal of Wilderness Inventory Handbook

Memo dated 2/28/03, from Associate Solicitor for Land and Water Resources on background on withdrawal of Wilderness Inventory Handbook, of which 3 pages were withheld.

Wilderness Lawsuit April 04: Memo to Bob Comer on wilderness issues legal analysis

Memo dated 2/12/03 to Bob Comer on Wilderness Options legal analysis.

Wilderness Lawsuit April 04: Fax cover and Draft Letter for Murkowski from DOI

Interior Department's draft of letter for Sen. Murkowski to send to Interior on wilderness reviews in Alaska.

Wilderness Lawsuit April 04: Murkowski letter to Norton

Letter from then-Senator Frank Murkowski (AK), dated 5/14/02, to Interior Secretary Gale Norton, requesting the that Department of Interior reinstate the prohibition on wilderness review in Alaska unless a review is requested by Congress.