A district court held that the Army Corps of Engineers violated the CWA and NEPA by issuing a dredge-and-fill permit to a municipal water utility to allow a dam expansion project in Denver. Environmental groups argued the Corps violated the CWA by excluding alternatives as impracticable based on an ...

In an unpublished opinion, the Ninth Circuit affirmed dismissal of a challenge to the Forest Service's approval of sheep grazing allotments in Beaverhead Deerlodge National Forest. An environmental group argued the Service overlooked new information on grizzly bear mortality and conflicts with sheep...

A district court dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction a nonprofit group's challenge to the Forest Service's and BLM's herd management plan for wild horses and burros in Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. The group argued the agencies arbitrarily and capriciously authorized use of surgica...

In an unpublished opinion, the Sixth Circuit granted environmental groups' motion to stay CWA permits issued for construction of a proposed pipeline in Tennessee. The groups argued the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) and the Army Corps of Engineers violated the CWA by fai...