RECENT FEDERAL DECISIONS

January 2012

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Ninth Circuit Affirms District Court Decision Upholding the Fish and Wildlife Service’s Bull Trout and Grizzly Bear Biological Opinions
Rock Creek Alliance v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, ___F.3d___

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed an decision by the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana that upheld two biological opinions of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that a mine project proposed by the Revett Silver Company would result in “no adverse modification” to critical habitat of the bull trout and “no jeopardy” to the listed Cabinet-Yaak Ecosystem grizzly bear population.