Weekly Cases Update Volume 45, Issue 10

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Volume 45, Issue 23

Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center v. MacWhorter
ELR 2014913-35453(9th Cir., )

The Ninth Circuit reversed a lower court decision dismissing an environmental group's ESA lawsuit against the U.S. Forest Service concerning the agency's approval of suction dredge mining projects in the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest.

Keywords:
Rogue River National Forest, Or., Siskiyou Forest Reserve and Siskiyou National Forest, Or., Notice requirements, §11(g)(2), Coho salmon
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals v. United States Department of Agriculture
ELR 2015014-5157(D.C. Cir., )

The D.C. Circuit held that USDA's failure to apply general animal welfare standards to birds does not violate the APA. In 2004, USDA announced that it intended to apply the protections of the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) to birds.

Keywords:
Wildlife (generally)
Shearwater v. Ashe
ELR 2015114-CV-02830(N.D. Cal., )

A district court held that FWS violated NEPA when it issued a rule increasing from five years to 30 years the maximum duration of programmatic permits for wind energy developers to take bald and golden eagles. FWS issued the rule in hopes of promoting renewable energy projects.

Keywords:
Incidental taking, Alternative Energy

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