NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION v. NORTON

No. 1:03-CV-340.

386 F.Supp.2d 553 (2005)

NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION, Vermont Natural Resources Council, Maine Wolf Coalition, Environmental Advocates of New York, and Maine Audubon Society, Plaintiffs, v. Gale NORTON, Secretary of the Interior, United States Department of the Interior and Steven Williams, Director, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Vermont.

August 19, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Kostyack, Mary Randolph Sargent, National Wildlife Federation, Washington, DC, Julia LeMense Huff, Patrick A. Parenteau, Environmental and Natural Resources Law Clinic Vermont Law School, South Royalton, VT, Mark A. Sinclair, Conservation Law Foundation, Montpelier, VT, for Plaintiffs.

Joseph Robert Perella, Office of the United States Attorney District of Vermont, Burlington, VT, Kristen Gustafson, United States Department of Justice ENRD, Washington, DC, for Defendants.


OPINION AND ORDER

MURTHA, District Judge.

In April 2003, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service ("FWS") issued its Final Rule to Reclassify and Remove the Gray Wolf from the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife in Portions of the Conterminous United States. 68 Fed.Reg. 15804 (April 1, 2003) ("Final Rule"). In the Final Rule, the FWS reclassified the gray wolf under the Endangered Species Act ("ESA"), 16 U.S.C. §§ 1531-1544 (2000...

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