WildEarth Guardians v. United States Fish and Wildlife Service
A district court granted summary judgment for an environmental group in a challenge to FWS' 2023 12-month finding that Joshua trees were not warranted for listing under the ESA for the "foreseeable future." The group argued FWS violated the ESA because it failed to use best available science, i...
Apache Stronghold v. United States
A district court temporarily enjoined a land exchange between the U.S. government and a copper mining company concerning 2,422 acres of land in Tonto National Forest. A community group argued the land transfer, which includes a sacred Apache burial ground, would violate its and its members' First an...
WildEarth Guardians v. U.S. Forest Service
The Tenth Circuit reversed a district court decision denying a challenge to the Forest Service's decision to open new domestic sheep grazing allotments in Rio Grande National Forest. An environmental group argued the allotments posed a high risk to local populations of Rocky Mountain bigho...