SAUK PRAIRIE CONSERVATION v. U.S. DEP'T INTERIOR

No. 18-2213.

944 F.3d 664 (2019)

SAUK PRAIRIE CONSERVATION ALLIANCE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 12, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian H. Potts , Attorney, Jeff J. Bowen , Attorney, Madison, WI, Jacob Aronson , Attorney, San Francisco, CA, Danielle Scott Grant-Keane , Attorney, Chicago, IL, Perkins Coie LLP, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Rachel Heron , Attorney, Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division, Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellees United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Emily W. Murphy, In her official capacity as Administrator of the U.S. General Services Administration.

Robert H. Oakley , Attorney, Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division, Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellees United States Department of the Interior, Ryan Zinke, In his official capacity as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Interior, National Park Service, Emily W. Murphy, In her official capacity as Administrator of the U.S. General Services Administration.

Gabe Johnson-Karp , Attorney, Anthony D. Russomanno , Attorney, Office of the Attorney General, Wisconsin Department of Justice, Madison, WI, for Defendant-Appellee State of Wisconsin.

Before Ripple, Manion, and Sykes, Circuit Judges.


The National Park Service donated more than 3,000 acres in central Wisconsin to the state's Department of Natural Resources. The goal was to turn the site of a Cold War munitions plant into a state park designed for a variety of recreational uses. That land now makes up the Sauk Prairie Recreation Area ("Sauk Prairie Park"...

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