The is a federal public lands stewardship issue and the judicial panel was correct in their decision because the representatives of the USDA-FS did not operate under the rules of process nor did they observe the laws they are supposed to follow when deciding on permits of such capacity which means they violated their general mission.
The agency is charged with administering our public lands for us and they have, by corruption of higher offices within and governing this agency, decidedly changed their mission to serve corporate interests gather than We, the People. I have sued the USDA-FS for such failings in the past as an executive board member of an organization, and we won.
When dealing with federal stuff, like public lands management - a spoke in my wheelhouse, it says right in the opening segments to almost all of the policies governing these properties, that any dispute regarding these policies requires redress in the federal court system = you have to sue the agency in federal court for any legal change to a policy or argument in favor of clarification and interpretation. In this case, it was obvious that there was a noticeable change in practice within the agency and its responsibilities that turned away from the agency's mission identifying those responsibilities so the panel was right to issue this statement justifying their decision. It also adds clarity avoiding costly hearings to clear up any questions about what they meant when they issued this decision.