SIERRA CLUB v. U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE

No. 1:00-CV-762.

189 F.Supp.2d 684 (2002)

THE SIERRA CLUB, Ann Woiwode, Marvin Roberson, and Tim Flynn, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, William Hartwig, K.L. Cool, and Rebecca Humphries, Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Michigan, Southern Division.

March 6, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas C. Buchele, Pittsburgh, PA, for plaintiffs.

Robert I. Dodge, U.S. Attorney's Office, Grand Rapids, MI, for Department of Interior, Fish & Wildlife Service, William Hartwig, defendants.

Christopher D. Dobyns, Jennifer M. Granholm, Atty. Gen, Natural Resources Div., Lansing, MI, for Michigan Dept. of Natural Resources, Rebecca Humphries, K.L. Cool, defendants.

J. Kevin Winters, Michigan United Conservation Clubs, Lansing, MI, for Conservation Fund of America, Ruffed Grouse Society, Michigan United Conservation Club, National Wild Turkey Federation, Safari Club International, amicus.

Thomas M. Hitch, McGinty Jakubiak Frankland Hitch, et al., East Lansing, MI, for International Ass'n of Fish and Wildlife, amicus.


OPINION

ENSLEN, District Judge.

This lawsuit is before the Court on the parties' cross-motions for summary judgment. This suit involves legal challenges to the federal and state governments' administration of certain wildlife grants in the State of Michigan. For the reasons which follow, summary judgment will be granted in favor of Defendants.

FACTS

Plaintiffs are a private, not-for-profit conservation group and three individual...

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