IDAHO WOOL GROWERS ASS'N v. VILSACK

No. 14-35445.

816 F.3d 1095 (2016)

IDAHO WOOL GROWERS ASSOCIATION; American Sheep Industry Association; Public Lands Council; Wyoming Wool Growers Association; Carlson Company, Inc.; Shirts Brothers Sheep; Colorado Wool Growers Association, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Tom VILSACK, in his official capacity as the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture; Tom Tidwell, in his official capacity as the Chief of the U.S. Forest Service; Keith Lannom, in his official capacity as the Forest Supervisor of the Payette National Forest; United States Forest Service, Defendants-Appellees, The Wilderness Society; Western Watersheds Project; Hells Canyon Preservation Council, Intervenor-Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed March 2, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William G. Myers III (argued) and Murray D. Feldman , Holland & Hart LLP, Boise, ID, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Robert J. Lundman (argued) and David B. Glazer , Environment & Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; Sam Hirsch , Acting Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; Heather Hinton-Taylor , Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., for Defendants-Appellees.

Lauren M. Rule (argued), Advocates for the West, Portland, OR; Jennifer R. Schemm , La Grande, OR, for Intervenor-Defendants-Appellees.

Before: RAYMOND C. FISHER, MARSHA S. BERZON, and PAUL J. WATFORD, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

Between the late 1800s and the early 1900s, the number of bighorn sheep in North America declined dramatically, falling from a high of 1.5 to 2 million individuals to approximately 10% of that number. Scientists have generally attributed the decline to over-harvesting, habitat loss, competition for food,...

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