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.
Since they had commissioned the report and recognized its importance, they followed the AIRFA in the Lyng case, but it was the Theodoratus Report, not the AIRFA, that led the Forest Service to collect data about the religious significance of the high country.