Because they had commissioned the report and recognized its significance they conformed with the AIRFA in the Lyng case, but it was the Theodoratus Report, not the AIRFA, that compelled the Forest Service to follow the report's collection of data on the religious significance of the high country.
The Theodoratus Report's influence on the Forest Service's data collection regarding the religious significance of the high country is a key point in this passage. The AIRFA played a role, but it was the Theodoratus Report that ultimately drove the action.