Wild Fish Conservancy v. Jewell

ELR Citation: 43 ELR 20212
No(s). 10-35303 (9th Cir. Sep 11, 2013)

The Ninth Circuit dismissed a conservation group's lawsuit challenging DOI's diversion of water from Icicle Creek, a tributary of the Wenatchee River and the Columbia River, to the Leavenworth National Fish Hatchery without a state permit. The group argued that DOI violated §8 of the Reclamation Ac...