October 2006: Ninth Circuit Holds Endangered Species Act Consultations Not Required for Certain Water Diversions Western Watersheds Project v. Matejko 456 F.3d 922 (9th Cir. 2006) |
October 2006: U.S. Department of Interior and Southern Nevada Water Authority Reach Agreement to Settle Federal Protests to SNWA’s Applications to Appropriate Spring Valley Groundwater |
October 2006: News From The West: Ninth Circuit Addresses the Intersection of Water Law and the Endangered Species Act Center for Biological Diversity v. US Fish & Wildlife Service 450 F.3d 930 (9th Cir. June 5, 2006) |
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October 2005: New Mexico District Court Rules that the United States Owns Property in the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District—District Appeals Rio Grande Silvery Minnow v. Keys, ___F.Supp.2d___ 99-1320 (D. N.M. July 25, 2005), appeal filed, Sept. 9, 2005 (10th Cir.) |
January 2005: Ninth Circuit Finds the BLM’s Environmental Assessments of Timber Harvest Plans Failed to Adequately Consider Cumulative Impacts Klamath Siskiyou Wildlands Center v. U.S. Bureau of Land Management et al. 387 F.3d 989 (9th Cir. 2004) |
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August 2004: The Potential Impact of Norton v. Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance on the Balance of Federalism and New Mexico’s Environmental Protection Efforts Norton et al. v. Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, et al 124 S. Ct. 2373 (2004) |
July 2004: Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Levee Break Reveals Fragile Nature of Central Valley Levee System. |
June 2004: Supreme Court Finds that Sand and Gravel Are Not “Valuable Minerals” under the Pittman Underground Water Act of 1919. BedRoc Limited, LLC v. United States, 541 U.S.___ 1593 (March 31, 2004). |
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October 2003: No Good Deed Goes Unpunished—Questioning the Constitutionality of Sacred Site Preservation Laws |
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December 2002: Ninth Circuit Upholds Permanent Injunction Imposing Interim Conditions and Timetable for BLM to Comply with NEPA Prior to Issuing New Grazing Permits in Idaho Idaho Watersheds Project et al. v. Hahn et al. 307 F.3d 815 (9th Cir. Sept. 24, 2002). |
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May 2002: Ninth Circuit Orders BLM, Pursuant to NEPA, to Take a Harder Look at the Impacts of Fungus on the Port Orford Cedar Kern et al. v. United States Bureau of Land Management et al. ___F.3d___, Case No. 99-35254 (9th Cir. March 22, 2002). |
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November 2001: Ninth Circuit Finds Plaintiff Met Standing Requirements to Assert NEPA Claim; Examines Plaintiff's Cumulative Impact Arguments under NEPA Hall v. Norton ___F.3d___, Case No. 99-16153 (9th Cir. Sept. 12, 2001). |
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October 2001: California Department of Health Services Issues Compliance Order to El Dorado Irrigation District |
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July 2001: Ninth Circuit Holds that Biological Opinions by the National Marine Fisheries Service Are Inadequate Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations, Inc. v. National Marine Fisheries Service ___F.3d.___,99-36027,36195 (9th Cir. May 31, 2001). |
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July 2001: Ninth Circuit Holds that Biological Opinions by the National Marine Fisheries Service Are Inadequate Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations, Inc. v. National Marine Fisheries Service, ___F.3d.___,99-36027,36195 (9th Cir. May 31, 2001). |
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July 2001: Federal/Orego: Ninth Circuit Holds that Biological Opinions by the National Marine Fisheries Service Are Inadequate Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations, Inc. v. National Marine Fisheries Service ___F.3d.___,99-36027,36195 (9th Cir. May 31, 2001) |
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February 2001: Cal-Fed Approves Grant for Acquisition of Staten Island |
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January 2001: Ninth Circuit Sets Aside BLM Decision to Exchange Lands to Accommodate Construction of the Mesquite Regional Landfill, Finding that BLM Undervalued the Land Exchanged Desert Citizens Against Pollution v. Bisson ___F3d.___,00 C.D.O.S.8896 (9th Cir. Nov. 6, 2000) Locations) |
