ELR Citation: 49 ELR 20184
No(s). 19-cv-3144 (BAH) (D.D.C. Nov 14, 2019) (Howell, J.)

A district court denied a neighborhood group's request to temporarily block bison hunting near Yellowstone National Park. The group argued that NPS and USDA violated NEPA when they authorized an annual bison hunt at a location on the edge of the park called Beattie Gulch, and sought a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction to enjoin the hunt. The agencies requested that the suit be transferred to district court in Montana. The D.C. court found that the group failed to demonstrate the exigency necessary to justify a temporary restraining order, and concluded that the group's choice to have a local dispute be resolved hundreds of miles away risked undermining the interest in having local controversies resolved locally. It therefore denied the group's motion for a temporary restraining order and granted the agencies' motion to transfer.