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GRAND CANYON TRUST v. U.S. BUREAU OF RECLAMATION

No. 11-16326.

691 F.3d 1008 (2012)

GRAND CANYON TRUST, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES BUREAU OF RECLAMATION; United States Fish and Wildlife Service; Michael L. Connor, Commissioner U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Defendants-Appellees, State of Arizona; State of Nevada; Colorado River Commission of Nevada; State of Colorado; Southern Nevada Water Authority; Central Arizona Water Conservation District; New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission; State of Utah; State of Wyoming; State of New Mexico; State of California; Colorado River Energy Distributors Association; Southern California Metropolitan Water District; Imperial Irrigation District, Intervenor-Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 13, 2012.

As Amended September 17, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McCrystie Adams (argued), Earthjustice, and Neil Levine , Grand Canyon Trust, Denver, CO, for the appellant-plaintiff.

Ignacia S. Moreno , Assistant Attorney General, Mark R. Haag and David C. Shilton (argued), Environmental & Natural Resources Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the appellees-defendants.

Kenneth C. Slowinski and Nicole D. Klobas , Arizona Department of Water Resources, Legal Division, Phoenix, AZ; Kamala D. Harris , California Attorney General, Kathleen A. Kenealy , Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Gary E. Tavetian , Deputy Attorney General, Los Angeles, CA; John W. Suthers , Colorado Attorney General, and Karen M. Kwon (argued), First Assistant Attorney General, Denver, CO; Catherine Cortez Maso , Nevada Attorney General, and Jennifer T. Crandell, Senior Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Las Vegas, NV; Dana R. Walsh , Southern Nevada Water Authority, Las Vegas, NV; Gary K. King , New Mexico Attorney General, Stephen R. Farris , Assistant Attorney General, Anne Moore , Assistant Attorney General, and Amy Haas , Special Assistant Attorney General, Santa Fe, NM; Mark L. Shurtleff , Utah Attorney General, Norman K. Johnson , Natural Resources Division Chief, and Michael M. Quealy , Assistant Attorney General, Salt Lake City, UT; Gregory A. Phillips , Attorney General, Peter K. Michael , Chief Deputy Attorney General, and Jeremiah I. Williamson , Assistant Attorney General, Cheyenne, WY; Kathy Robb , Hunton & Williams LLP, New York, NY; Jay M. Johnson and Suzanne Ticknor , Central Arizona Project, Phoenix, AZ; Marcia L. Scully , Joseph A. Vanderhorst , and Peter E. von Haam , Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; John P. Carter , Horton, Knox, Carter & Foote, El Centro, CA; Bennett W. Raley , Trout, Raley, Montaño, Witwer & Freeman, P.C., Denver, CO, for the intervenors-appellees.

Before: FERDINAND F. FERNANDEZ, RONALD M. GOULD, and CARLOS T. BEA, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

GOULD, Circuit Judge:

Grand Canyon Trust appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the United States Bureau of Reclamation ("Reclamation") and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service ("FWS") rejecting the Trust's claims alleging that Reclamation and FWS violated the Endangered Species Act, the National Environmental Policy Act and the Administrative Procedure Act in the operation of the Glen Canyon Dam. We have jurisdiction...

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