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}

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}