WESTERN ORGANIZATION OF RESOURCE COUNCILS, Jeanie Alderson, Wally McRae, Wyoming Outdoor Council, Natural Resources Defense Council, Powder River Basin Resource Council, Plaintiffs,
v.
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, Director, in her official capacity also known as Kathleen Clarke, Bureau of Land Management, United States Department of Interior, Secretary, in her official capacity, also known as Gale A. Norton, United States Department of Interior, Defendants.
v.
Lance Oil & Gas Company, Inc., Western Gas Resources, Inc., Fidelity Exploration & Production Co., Pennaco Energy, Inc., Marathon Oil Company, State of Wyoming, Bill Barrett Corp., Devon Energy Corp., Williams Production RMT Co., Intervenors.
American Lands Alliance, Biodiversity Conservation Alliance, George Wuerthner, Plaintiffs,
v.
Bureau of Land Management, an agency within the Department of Interior, United States Department of Interior, Secretary, in her official capacity, also known as Gale A. Norton, Defendants.
v.
Lance Oil & Gas Co., Inc., Western Gas Resources, Inc., Fidelity Exploration & Production Co., Williams Production RMT Co., Pennaco Energy, Inc., Marathon Oil Co., State of Wyoming, Devon Energy Corp., Anadarko Petroleum Corp., Bill Barrett Corp., Intervenors.
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November 26, 2008.
November 26, 2008.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Johanna H. Wald, Natural Resources Defense Council, San Francisco, CA, Keith G. Bauerle, EarthJustice Legal Defense Fund, Denver, CO, Steve Jones, Wyoming Outdoor Council, Wyoming Outdoor Council, Lander, WY, Thomas Francis Darin, Jackson, WY, for Plaintiffs.
Carol A. Statkus, U.S. Attorney's Office, Cheyenne, WY, Lori L. Caramanian, Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Denver, CO, for Defendants.
Stephanie A. Reedy, Arnold & Porter, Carolyn L. McIntosh, Patton Boggs, David E. Brody, Denver, CO, Dana L. Hupp, Jon Metropoulos, Gough Shanahan Johnson & Waterman, Helena, MT, Keith Burron, Associated Legal Group, Cheyenne, WY, Amy B. Chasanov, John Charles Martin, Mary Beth Bosco, Patton Boggs, Washington, DC, Edward A. Strenkowski, Susan Brownlee Miller, Marathon Oil Company, Houston, TX, Thomas A. Nicholas, III, Hirst & Applegate, Eric Kaimond Nelson, Jay A. Jerde, Michael R. O'Donnell, Wyoming Attorney General's Office, Cheyenne, WY, for Intervenors/Defendants.
Charles A. Breer, Charles L. Kaiser, Davis Graham & Stubbs, Thomas E. Black, Jr., Williams Production RMT Company, Legal Department, Denver, CO, John W. Ross, Brown Law Firm, Billings, MT, Thomas A. Nicholas, III, Hirst & Applegate, Cheyenne, WY, for Intervenors.
United States District Court, D. Wyoming.
ORDER ON ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS
ALAN B. JOHNSON, District Judge.
The above captioned matter was heard and argued following submission of written appeal briefs in the above captioned cases. The Court has considered the parties' written submissions, the arguments of counsel during the hearing, the applicable law, and FINDS and ORDERS as follows:
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