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DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE v. SALAZAR

Nos. CV 09-77-M-DWM, CV 09-82-M-DWM.

776 F.Supp.2d 1178 (2011)

DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE, Natural Resources Defense Council, Sierra Club, Humane Society of the United States, Center for Biological Diversity, Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance, Friends of the Clearwater, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, Oregon Wild, Cascadia Wildlands, Western Watersheds Project, Wildlands Network, and Hells Canyon Preservation Council, Plaintiffs, v. Ken SALAZAR, Secretary of the Interior, Rowan Gould, Acting U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director, and United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Defendants, v. State of Idaho, Safari Club International, Sportsmen for Fish and Wildlife, Montana Farm Bureau Federation, Idaho Farm Bureau Federation, Mountain States Legal Foundation, State of Montana, Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Governor C.L. "Butch" Otter, National Rifle Association of America, Intervenor-Defendants. Greater Yellowstone Coalition, Plaintiff, v. Ken Salazar, Secretary of the Interior, Rowan Gould, Acting U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director, and United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Montana, Missoula Division.

April 9, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian K. Gallik , Goetz Gallik & Baldwin, Bozeman, MT, Michael Senatore , Pro Hac Vice, Defenders of Wildlife, Washington, DC, Rebecca Riley , Pro Hac Vice, Natural Resources Defense Council, Chicago, IL, Ryan W. Sudbury , Davis & Sudbury Law, Missoula, MT, James J. Tutchton , Pro Hac Vice, Centennial, CO, Rebecca Kay Smith , Public Interest Defense Center, Summer Lisa Nelson , Western Watersheds Project, Missoula, MT, Deborah A. Sivas , Robb W. Kapla , Pro Hac Vice, Environmental Law Clinic, Stanford, CA, Douglas L. Honnold , Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund, Bozeman, MT, for Plaintiffs.

Michael Richard Eitel , U.S. Department of Justice, Environmental and Natural Resources Division, Wildlife & Marine Resources Section, Denver, CO, Victoria L. Francis , Office of the U.S. Attorney, Billings, MT, for Defendants.

Clive J. Strong , Office of the Attorney General, James David Johnson , Williams Law Firm, Missoula, MT, Lawrence G. Wasden , Idaho State Attorney General, Steven W. Strack , State of Idaho, Anna M. Seidman , Pro Hac Vice, Safari Club International, Washington, DC, Robert Thomas Cameron , Gough Shanahan Johnson & Waterman, Helena, MT, Paul A. Turcke , Pro Hac Vice, Moore Smith Buxton & Turcke, Boise, ID, Robert T. Bell, Reep , Bell & Laird, P.C., Missoula, MT, Hertha L. Lund , Lund Law, Bozeman, MT, Martha M. Williams , Robert N. Lane , Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Helena, MT, Stephen C. Bullock , Office of the Montana Attorney General, David F. Hensley , Pro Hac Vice, Office of the Governor, Boise, ID, Thomas C. Perry , Pro Hac Vice, Species Conservation, Boise, ID, for Intervenor-Defendants.

Grant D. Parker , Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, Missoula, MT, John I. Kittel , Mazur and Kittel, PLLC, Farmington Hills, MI, Lon J. Dale , Milodragovich Dale Steinbrenner & Binney, Missoula, MT, for Amicus Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation.

ORDER

DONALD W. MOLLOY, District Judge.

I. Introduction

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