BEAR VALLEY MUT. WATER CO. v. JEWELL

No. 12-57297.

790 F.3d 977 (2015)

BEAR VALLEY MUTUAL WATER COMPANY; Big Bear Municipal Water District; City of Redlands; City of Riverside; City of San Bernardino Municipal Water Department; East Valley Water District; Riverside County Flood Control and Water Conservation District; San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District; San Bernardino Valley Water Conservation District; Western Municipal Water District; West Valley Water District; Yucaipa Valley Water District, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Sally JEWELL, Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior; United States Department of the Interior; Daniel M. Ashe, Director, United States Fish and Wildlife Service; United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Defendants-Appellees, California Trout, Inc.; Center for Biological Diversity; San Bernardino Audubon Society; Sierra Club, Intervenor-Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed June 25, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory K. Wilkinson (argued), Wendy Wang , Melissa Cushman , and Kira Johnson , Best Best & Krieger LLP, Riverside, CA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants City of Riverside, Riverside County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, and Western Municipal Water District.

Jean Cihigoyenetche , Brunick, McElhaney & Kennedy, San Bernardino, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellant East Valley Water District.

David G. Moore , Reid & Kellyer, Riverside, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellant Bear Valley Mutual Water Company.

Daniel J. McHugh , Office of the City Attorney, Redlands, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellant City of Redlands.

David R.E. Aladjem and M. Max Steinheimer , Downey Brand LLP, Sacramento, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellant San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District.

David L. Wysocki , Aklufi & Wysocki, Redlands, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellant Yucaipa Valley Water District.

Gerald W. Eagans , Redwine & Sherrill, Riverside, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellant West Valley Water District.

Gregory Priamos and Susan D. Wilson , Office of the City Attorney, Riverside, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellant City of Riverside.

Wayne Lemieux , Lemieux & O'Neill, Thousand Oaks, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellant Big Bear Municipal Water District.

David B. Cosgrove , Rutan & Tucker LLP, Costa Mesa, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellant San Bernardino Valley Water Conservation District.

Andrew M. Hitchings , Somach Simmons & Dunn, Sacramento, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellant City of San Bernardino Municipal Water Department.

Robert G. Dreher , Acting Assistant Attorney General, Andrea Gelatt , and Allen M. Brabender (argued), Attorneys, United States Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division, Washington, D.C.; Lynn Cox , Office of the Solicitor, United States Department of the Interior, for Federal Defendants-Appellees.

John Buse (argued) and D. Adam Lazar , Center for Biological Diversity, San Francisco, CA, for Intervenor-Defendants-Appellees.

M. Reed Hopper and Anthony L. Francois , Pacific Legal Foundation, Sacramento, CA, for Amicus Curiae Pacific Legal Foundation.

Michelle Ouellette , Ward H. Simmons , and Lucas I. Quass , Best Best & Krieger LLP, Riverside, CA, for Amicus Curiae Western Riverside County Regional Conservation Authority.

Daniel J. O'Hanlon , Hanspetter Walter , Rebecca R. Akroyd , and Elizabeth L. Leeper , Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard, Sacramento, CA; Marcia L. Scully , General Counsel, and Linus S. Masouredis , Chief Deputy General Counsel, The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, for Amici Curiae Association of California Water Agencies and State Water Contractors, and the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.

Frederic A. Fudacz , Robert D. Thornton , and Susan G. Meyer , Nossaman LLP, Irvine, CA; John Krattli , County Counsel, and Michael L. Moore , Deputy County Counsel, Office of County Counsel, Los Angeles, CA, for Amici Curiae Los Angeles County Flood Control District and the Main San Gabriel Basin Watermaster.

Before: HARRY PREGERSON, BARRINGTON D. PARKER, JR., and JACQUELINE H. NGUYEN, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

The Santa Ana sucker (Catostomus santaanae) is a small freshwater fish native to several California rivers and streams, including the Santa Ana River. In 2000, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service ("FWS"), after being sued by conservation groups, designated the sucker as a "threatened...

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