ALASKA OIL AND GAS ASSOCIATION; American Petroleum Institute; State of Alaska; Arctic Slope Regional Corporation; The North Slope Borough; Nana Regional Corporation, Inc.; Bering Straits Native Corporation; Calista Corporation; Tikigaq Corporation; Olgoonik Corporation, Inc.; Ukpeagvik Inupiat Corporation; Kuukpik Corporation; Kaktovik Inupiat Corporation; The Inupiat Community of the Arctic Slope, Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
Sally JEWELL, Secretary of the Interior; Daniel M. Ashe, Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Defendants-Appellants, and
Center For Biological Diversity; Defenders of Wildlife; Greenpeace, Inc., Intervenor-Defendants.
Alaska Oil and Gas Association; American Petroleum Institute, Plaintiffs-Appellants, and
State of Alaska; Arctic Slope Regional Corporation; The North Slope Borough; Nana Regional Corporation, Inc.; Bering Straits Native Corporation; Calista Corporation; Tikigaq Corporation; Olgoonik Corporation, Inc.; Ukpeagvik Inupiat Corporation; Kuukpik Corporation; Kaktovik Inupiat Corporation; The Inupiat Community of the Arctic Slope, Plaintiffs,
v.
Sally Jewell, Secretary of the Interior; Daniel M. Ashe, Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Defendants-Appellees, and
Center for Biological Diversity; Defenders of Wildlife; Greenpeace, Inc., Intervenor-Defendants.
Alaska Oil and Gas Association; American Petroleum Institute; State of Alaska; Arctic Slope Regional Corporation; The North Slope Borough; Nana Regional Corporation, Inc.; Bering Straits Native Corporation; Calista Corporation; Tikigaq Corporation; Olgoonik Corporation, Inc.; Ukpeagvik Inupiat Corporation; Kuukpik Corporation; Kaktovik Inupiat Corporation; The Inupiat Community of The Arctic Slope, Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
Sally Jewell, Secretary of the Interior; Daniel M. Ashe, Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Defendants, and
Center for Biological Diversity; Defenders Of Wildlife; Greenpeace, Inc., Intervenor-Defendants-Appellants.
State of Alaska, Plaintiff-Appellant, and
Alaska Oil and Gas Association; American Petroleum Institute; Arctic Slope Regional Corporation; The North Slope Borough; Nana Regional Corporation, Inc.; Bering Straits Native Corporation; Calista Corporation; Tikigaq Corporation; Olgoonik Corporation, Inc.; Ukpeagvik Inupiat Corporation; Kuukpik Corporation; Kaktovik Inupiat Corporation; The Inupiat Community of the Arctic Slope, Plaintiffs,
v.
Sally Jewell, Secretary of the Interior; Daniel M. Ashe, Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Defendants-Appellees, and
Center for Biological Diversity; Defenders of Wildlife; Greenpeace, Inc., Intervenor-Defendants.
Arctic Slope Regional Corporation; The North Slope Borough; Nana Regional Corporation, Inc.; Bering Straits Native Corporation; Calista Corporation; Tikigaq Corporation; Olgoonik Corporation, Inc.; Ukpeagvik Inupiat Corporation; Kuukpik Corporation; Kaktovik Inupiat Corporation; The Inupiat Community of The Arctic Slope, Plaintiffs-Appellants, and
Alaska Oil and Gas Association; American Petroleum Institute; State of Alaska, Plaintiffs,
v.
Sally Jewell, Secretary of the Interior; Daniel M. Ashe, Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Defendants-Appellees, and
Center for Biological Diversity; Defenders of Wildlife; Greenpeace, Inc., Intervenor-Defendants.
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Argued and Submitted August 11, 2015.
Filed February 29, 2016.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Jeffrey W. Leppo (argued), Ryan P. Steen , Stoel Rives LLP, Seattle, WA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees/Cross-Appellants Alaska Oil and Gas Association and the American Petroleum Institute.
Matthew A. Love (argued), Van Ness Feldman LLP, Seattle, WA; Tyson C. Kade , Van Ness Feldman LLP, Washington, D.C., for Plaintiff-Appellee/Cross-Appellant North Slope Borough.
Bradley E. Meyen (argued), Senior Assistant Attorney General, Andrew Naylor , Assistant Attorney General, Alaska Department of Law, Anchorage, Alaska; Murray D. Feldman , Holland & Hart LLP, Boise, ID; Christina F. Gomez , Holland & Hart LLP, Denver, CO, for Plaintiff-Appellee/Cross-Appellant State of Alaska.
Kevin M. Cuddy (argued), Stoel Rives LLP, Anchorage, AL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees/Cross-Appellants Arctic Slope Regional Corporation, NANA Regional Corporation, Bering Straits Native Corporation, Calista Corporation, Tikigaq Corporation, Olgoonik Corporation, Inc., Ukpeagvik Iñupiat Corporation, Kuukpik Corporation, Kaktovik Iñupiat Corporation, and The Iñupiat Community of the Arctic Slope.
Rebecca Noblin , Center for Biological Diversity, Anchorage, AL, for Intervenor-Defendants/Appellants Center for Biological Diversity, Defenders of Wildlife, Greenpeace, Inc.
Before: MARY M. SCHROEDER, JOHNNIE B. RAWLINSON, and MARY H. MURGUIA, Circuit Judges.
OPINION
SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge:
INTRODUCTION
This case is about polar bear habitat in Alaska. The polar bear population has been declining for many years, and in 2008, the United States Fish & Wildlife Service ("FWS") listed the species as threatened under the Endangered Species...
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