Alsea Valley Alliance v. Department of Commerce
358 F.3d 1181 (9th Cir. 2004)
Alsea Valley Alliance (Alsea) challenged a National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) final rule listing an evolutionarily significant unit of coho salmon as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).[1] The United States District Court for the District of Oregon allowed... {Continue reading}

Fairbanks North Star Borough v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
543 F.3d 586 (9th Cir. 2008)
The Fairbanks North Star Borough (Fairbanks) petitioned the Ninth Circuit for review of the United States Army Corps of Engineers's (Corps) approved jurisdictional determination, which formally expressed the Corps's view that Fairbanks's property contained waters of the United States... {Continue reading}

Hale v. Norton
No. 03-36032, 2007 WL 315338 (9th Cir. 2007)
Alaska landowners (the Hales) sued for an injunction to compel the National Park Service (NPS) to allow bulldozer access, via a government road, to their inholding within the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve (Park). The Hales argued the Alaska... {Continue reading}

Oregon Natural Desert Ass'n v. U.S. Forest Service
465 F.3d 977 (9th Cir. 2006)
Oregon Natural Desert Association (ONDA) appealed a judgment that the United States Forest Service's (USFS) issuance of annual operating instructions (AOIs) was not a final agency action for purposes of judicial review under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA).[1] The Ninth... {Continue reading}

United States v. Carpenter
526 F.3d 1237 (9th Cir. 2008)
Two environmental groups sought to intervene in an action between the federal government and a Nevada county concerning the restoration of a road on Forest Service land.[1] The Ninth Circuit had previously ordered the U.S. District Court for the... {Continue reading}