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THEODORE ROOSEVELT CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP v. SALAZAR

No. 10-5386.

661 F.3d 66 (2011)

THEODORE ROOSEVELT CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP, Appellant v. Kenneth Lee SALAZAR, in his Official Capacity as the Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided November 18, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas R. Wilmoth argued the cause for appellant. With him on the briefs was Donald G. Blankenau.

Robert H. Oakley , Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause and filed the brief for federal appellees. R. Craig Lawrence , Assistant U.S. Attorney, and Justin R. Pidot and David C. Shilton , Attorneys, U.S. Department of Justice, entered appearances.

John F. Shepherd argued the cause and filed the brief for appellees QEP Resources, Inc., SWEPI, LP, and Ultra Resources, Inc.

James Kaste , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Wyoming, and Affie Ellis , Assistant Attorney General, were on the brief for amicus curiae State of Wyoming in support of appellees.

Opinion for the Court filed by Chief Judge SENTELLE.

SENTELLE, Chief Judge:

The Pinedale Anticline Project Area (the PAPA) consists of a little over 198,000 acres of federal, state, and private land in western Wyoming. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM or the Bureau) manages roughly 80 percent of this land, which contains the third-largest natural gas field in the United States. In 2000, the Bureau issued a Record of Decision (2000 Record of Decision or 2000 ROD) meant to guide the management of the first substantial...

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