DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE v. SALAZAR

Nos. CV 09-77-M-DWM, CV 09-82-M-DWM.

729 F.Supp.2d 1207 (2010)

DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE, Natural Resources Defense Council, Sierra Club, Humane Society of the United States, Center for Biological Diversity, Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance, Friends of the Clearwater, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, Oregon Wild, Cascadia Wildlands, Western Watersheds Project, Wildlands Network, and Hells Canyon Preservation Council, Plaintiffs, v. Ken SALAZAR, Secretary of the Interior, Rowan Gould, Acting U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director, and United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Defendants, v. State of Idaho, Safari Club International, Sportsmen for Fish and Wildlife, Montana Farm Bureau Federation, Idaho Farm Bureau Federation, Mountain States Legal Foundation, State of Montana, Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Idaho Governor C.L. "Butch" Otter, National Rifle Association of America, Intervenor-Defendants. Greater Yellowstone Coalition, Plaintiff, v. Ken Salazar, Secretary of the Interior, Rowan Gould, Acting U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director, and United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Montana, Missoula Division.

August 5, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jenny K. Harbine , Timothy J. Preso , Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund, Bozeman, MT, for Defenders of Wildlife, Natural Resources Defense Council, Sierra Club, Humane Society of the United States, Center for Biological Diversity, Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance, Friends of the Clearwater, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, Oregon Wild, Cascadia Wildlands, Western Watersheds Project, Wildlands Network, Hells Canyon Preservation Council.

Douglas L. Honnold , Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund, Bozeman, MT, for Defenders of Wildlife, Natural Resources Defense Council, Sierra Club, Humane Society of the United States, Center for Biological Diversity, Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance, Friends of the Clearwater, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, Oregon Wild, Cascadia Wildlands, Western Watersheds Project, Wildlands Network, Hells Canyon Preservation Council, Greater Yellowstone Coalition.

Brian K. Gallik , Goetz Gallik & Baldwin, Bozeman, MT, Deborah A. Sivas , Robb W. Kapla , Environmental Law Clinic, Stanford, CA, for Greater Yellowstone Coalition.

Michael Richard Eitel , U.S. Department of Justice, Denver, CO, for Ken Salazar Secretary of the Interior, Rowan Gould, United States Fish and Wildlife Service.

Victoria L. Francis , Office of the U.S. Attorney, Billings, MT, for Ken Salazar Secretary of the Interior, United States Fish and Wildlife Service.

Clive J. Strong , Lawrence G. Wasden , Office of the Attorney General, Steven W. Strack , Boise, ID, for Intervenor Defendant State of Idaho.

James David Johnson , Williams Law Firm, Missoula, MT, for Intervenor Defendants State of Idaho, Idaho Governor Butch Otter.

Anna M. Seidman Safari Club International, Washington, DC, Intervenor Defendant Safari Club International.

Robert Thomas Cameron , Gough Shanahan Johnson & Waterman, Helena, MT, for Intervenor Defendants Safari Club International, National Rifle Association of America.

Paul A. Turcke , Moore Smith Buxton & Turcke, Boise, ID, Robert T. Bell , Reep, Bell & Laird, P.C., Missoula, MT, for Intervenor Defendant Sportsmen for Fish and Wildlife.

Ronald W. Opsahl , Mountain States Legal Foundation, Lakewood, CO, for Intervenor Defendants Montana Farm Bureau Federation, Idaho Farm Bureau Federation, Mountain States Legal Foundation.

Martha M. Williams , Robert N. Lane , Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks, Stephen C. Bullock , Office of the Montana Attorney General, Helena, MT, for Intervenor Defendants State of Montana, Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks.

David F. Hensley Office of the Governor, Thomas C. Perry , Species Conservation, Boise, ID, for Intervenor Defendant Idaho Governor Butch Otter.

Grant D. Parker , Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, Lon J. Dale , Milodragovich Dale Steinbrenner & Binney, Missoula, MT, John I. Kittel , Mazur and Kittel , PLLC, Farmington Hills, MI, for Amicus Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation.


OPINION

DONALD W. MOLLOY, District Judge.

I. Introduction

When Congress enacted the Endangered Species Act (the "ESA") what it envisioned was an orderly process beginning with a determination of when a species is at risk of extinction and ending when that risk is reduced to an acceptable level. The Act was not intended to sow the dragon's teeth of strife or to plant the seeds of future conflicts...

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