CTR. FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY v. FISH AND WILDLIFE

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amelia G. Yowell (argued), Andrew C. Mergen , Andrew A. Smith , and Sommer H. Engels , Attorneys; Eric Grant , Deputy Assistant Attorney General; Jonathan D. Brightbill , Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General; Environment and Natural Resources Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; Stephen A. Vaden , General Counsel, United States Department of Agriculture; Washington, D.C.; for Defendants-Appellants.

Julian W. Poon (argued), Theodore J. Boutrous Jr. , Bradley J. Hamburger , and Virginia L. Smith , Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, California; Katherine C. Yarger , Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Denver, Colorado; Norman D. James , Fennemore Craig P.C., Phoenix, Arizona; for Intervenor-Defendant-Appellant.

Heidi McIntosh (argued), Stuart Gillespie , and Caitlin Miller , Earthjustice, Denver, Colorado, for Plaintiffs-Appellees Tohono O'odham Nation, Hopi Tribe, and Pascua Yaqui Tribe.

Roger Flynn (argued) and Jeffrey C. Parsons , Western Mining Action Project, Lyons, Colorado; Marc D. Fink , Center for Biological Diversity, Duluth, Minnesota; Allison N. Melton , Center for Biological Diversity, Crested Butte, Colorado; for Plaintiffs-Appellees Center for Biological Diversity, Save the Scenic Santa Ritas, Arizona Mining Reform Coalition, and Grand Canyon Chapter of the Sierra Club.

Ronald W. Opsahl , Opsahl Law Office LLC, Lakewood, Colorado, for Amicus Curiae Southern Arizona Business Coalition.

R. Timothy McCrum and Elizabeth B. Dawson , Crowell & Moring LLP, Washington, D.C.; Katie Sweeney , Executive Vice President and General Counsel, National Mining Association, Washington, D.C.; for Amici Curiae National Mining Association (including Member State Mining Associations) and Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America.

Alison C. Hunter , Holland & Hart LLP, Boise, Idaho; Laura K. Granier , Holland & Hart LLP, Reno, Nevada; for Amicus Curiae American Exploration and Mining Association.

Matthew N. Newman , Native American Rights Fund, Anchorage, Alaska; David L. Gover , Native American Rights Fund, Boulder, Colorado; Joel West Williams , Native American Rights Fund, Washington, D.C.; for Amicus Curiae National Congress of American Indians, Inter-Tribal Association of Arizona, Association of American Indian Affairs, and Two Federally Recognized Tribal Nations.

Derrick Beetso , National Congress of American Indians, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae National Congress of American Indians.

Lori Potter and Sarah C. Judkins , Kaplan Kirsch & Rockwell LLP, Denver, Colorado, for Amici Curiae Law Professors.

Regina L. Nassen and Victoria Buchinger , Deputy County Attorneys, Civil Division, Pima County Attorney's Office, Tucson, Arizona, for Amici Curiae Pima County and Pima County Regional Flood Control District.

Dissent by Judge Forrest.