COLORADO v. UNITED STATES FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE

Civil Action No. 15-cv-00286-CMA-STV.

362 F.Supp.3d 951 (2018)

The State of COLORADO BY AND THROUGH the COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCE, the Division of Parks and Wildlife, and the Parks and Wildlife Commission, Plaintiff, Board of County Commissioners of the County of Gunnison, Colorado, and Gunnision County Stockgrowers' Association, Inc., Plaintiff-Intervenors, and The State of Utah, and San Juan County, Utah, Plaintiff-Intervenors, v. UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, James Kurth, in His Official Capacity as Acting Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, and Ryan Zinke, in His Official Capacity as Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior, Defendants, WildEarth Guardians, and Dr. Clait E. Braun, Defendant-Intervenors, and Center for Biological Diversity, and Western Watersheds Project, Defendant-Intervenors.

United States District Court, D. Colorado.

Signed September 27, 2018.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 16 U.S.C. § 1533
Cause: 16 U.S.C. § 1533 - Endangered Species Act
Nature of Suit: 899 APA Review/Appeal
Source: PACER


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick Richard Yarger , Lisa Anne Reynolds , Colorado Attorney General's Office, Denver, CO, for Plaintiff.

David Mark Baumgarten , Gunnison County Attorney's Office, Gunnison, CO, Bennett W. Raley , Deborah Lynn Freeman , Trout Raley, PC, Denver, CO, Brittany Lynn Wilson , Governor's Public Lands Policy Coordinating Office, David Matthew Halverson , Kathy A.F. Davis , Utah Attorney General's Office, Salt Lake City, UT, for Plaintiff-Intervenors.

Joanna Kathryn Brinkman , U.S. Department of Justice-DC-# 663, Washington, DC, Mary Elisabeth Hollingsworth , Rickey Doyle Turner , U.S. Department of Justice ENRS Environment & Natural Resources Section, Denver, CO, for Defendant.

Talasi Banas Brooks , Advocates for the West, Boise, ID, Amy Rae Atwood , Center for Biological Diversity, Portland, OR, for Intervenor Defendant.


ORDER AFFIRMING THE NOVEMBER 14, 2014 FINAL LISTING DECISION AND FINAL CRITICAL HABITAT DESIGNATION ISSUED BY THE UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE

The protagonist in this case is the Gunnison sage-grouse, a native North American bird, known for its elaborate mating rituals and...

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