WESTERN WATERSHEDS PROJECT v. KRAAYENBRINK

Nos. 08-35359, 08-35360.

620 F.3d 1187 (2010)

WESTERN WATERSHEDS PROJECT; Ralph Maughan; Idaho Wildlife Federation; Idaho Conservation League; Natural Resources Defense Council; National Wildlife Federation, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Joe KRAAYENBRINK; James L. Caswell; Bureau of Land Management; Dave Pacioretty; Dirk Kempthorne; David Rosenkrance, Defendants, Public Lands Council, Defendant-intervenor, and American Farm Bureau Federation, Defendant-intervenor-Appellant. Western Watersheds Project; Ralph Maughan; Idaho Wildlife Federation; Idaho Conservation League; Natural Resources Defense Council; National Wildlife Federation, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Joe Kraayenbrink; James L. Caswell; Bureau of Land Management; Dave Pacioretty; Dirk Kempthorne; David Rosenkrance, Defendants, American Farm Bureau Federation, Defendant-intervenor, and Public Lands Council, Defendant-intervenor-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed September 1, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roderick E. Walston , Best Best & Krieger LLP, Walnut Creek, CA, Kathryn Kusske Floyd , Jay C. Johnson , Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, DC, for petitioners Public Lands Council and American Farm Bureau Federation.

Joseph Feller , National Wildlife Federation, Boulder, CO, Johanna H. Wald , Natural Resources Defense Counsel, San Francisco, CA, Todd C. Tucci , Lauren M. Rule , Advocates for the West, Boise, ID, Laurence ("Laird") J. Lucas, Boise, ID, for respondents Western Watersheds Project, Ralph Maughan, Idaho Conservation League, Idaho Wildlife Federation, National Wildlife Federation, and Natural Resources Defense Council.

Before: RAYMOND C. FISHER and RICHARD A. PAEZ, Circuit Judges, and BARRY TED MOSKOWITZ, District Judge.


OPINION

PAEZ, Circuit Judge:

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is the federal agency charged with overseeing livestock grazing on over 160 million acres of public land in the western United States. Pursuant to the BLM's authority under the Taylor Grazing Act of 1934, 43 U.S.C. § 315 et seq., the BLM has adopted regulations that implement its grazing management responsibilities. See 43 C.F.R. § 4100 et seq.

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