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                                                                       EXHIBIT A

                     IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

                          FOR THE DISTRICT OF IDAHO



PACIFIC RIVERS COUNCIL, and THE       )
WILDERNESS SOCIETY,                   )
                                      )
                 Plaintiffs,          )      CIVIL NO. 94-0159-S-DAE
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       v.                             )
                                      )
JACK WARD THOMAS, in his official     )
capacity as Chief of the United       )
States Forest Service; and            )
UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE,         )
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                 Defendants           )
                                      )
        and                           )
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INTERMOUNTAIN FOREST INDUSTRY         )
ASSOCIATION; SHEARER LUMBER           )
PRODUCTS; BOISE CASCADE COMPANY,      )
ASSOCIATED LOGGING CONTRACTORS,       )
HECLA MINING COMPANY; MERIDIAN        )
GOLD COMPANY; AND THOMPSON CREEK      )
MINING COMPANY,                       )
                                      )
          Defendant-Intervenors.      )
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                         ORDER DISSOLVING INJUNCTION

        On January 12, 1995, this court issued its Order Granting Injunctive
Relief in this matter.  Based upon unambiguous Ninth Circuit precedent, this 
court found that the failure of the National Forest Service to timely complete
formal consultation with the National Marine Fisheries Service compelled the 
order enjoining all ongoing as well as proposed construction, timber, grazing
and mining activities in the Boise, Challis, Nez Perce, Payette, Salmon and 
Sawtooth National Forests in the State of Idaho. Pacific Rivers Council v. 
Thomas, 30 F.3d 1050 (9th Cir. 1994), see also
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Opinion of Judge Malcom F. Marsh entered October 20, 1994 (granting a similar
injunction concerning national forests in Oregon) (attached to Plaintiffs'
Notice of Supplemental Authority), filed October 26, 1994).  This court
tailored the injunction to remain in effect only "until formal consultation on
the LRMPs [Land and Resource Management Plans] is completed."  January 12, 1995
Order at 15.  Because of the economic impact on the affected communities in
Idaho, this court stayed the effect of the injunction until March 15, 1995 to
allow the National Forest Service an opportunity  to seek review of this
court's order and to allow the National Marine Fisheries Service and the
National Forest Service an opportunity to expedite their consultation.

                 On March 1, 1995, the National Marine Fisheries Service issued
its formal Biological Opinion, marking the completion of the formal
consultation process.  50 C.F.R. Section  420.14 ("[f]ormal consultation is
terminated with the issuance of the biological opinion").  The court notes the
salutary effect the January 12, 1995 injunction had upon the consultation
process.
                 The Biological Opinion finds that certain activities permitted
under the current Land and Resource Management Plans for the National Forests
are likely to jeopardize the endangered species and adversely modify their
critical habitat.  Under the Endangered Species Act (the "Act") and applicable
regulations, the National Forest Service must now "determine whether and in
what manner to proceed with the action in light of its section 7 obligations
and the Service's biological opinion."  50 C.F.R. Section 402.15(a); 16





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U.S.C. 1531 et seq. 

        While the National Forest Service therefore faces continuing and
serious obligations under the Endangered Species Act, it was the failure to
initiate and then to expeditiously complete formal consultation that compelled
the enjoining of all activities in the National Forests in question.  Because
consultation is now complete, in the interests of justice the injunction should
now be dissolved.  Pending further order of this court, the National Forest
Service may proceed with activities not in conflict with its obligations under
the Act.        
        For the foregoing reasons, the court hereby DISSOLVES the injunction
issued January 12, 1995.  

        IT IS SO ORDERED.  

        DATED this 8 day of March, 1995.


                                                    /s/ David Alan Ezra
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                                                           DAVID ALAN EZRA
                                                    UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE


Pacific Rivers Council, et al. vs. Jack Ward Thomas, et al.,
Civil No. 94-0159-S-DAE; ORDER DISSOLVING INJUNCTION





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