Audubon Society of Portland v. United States Army Corps of Engineers

ELR Citation: 46 ELR 20146
No(s). 3:15-cv-665 (D. Or. Aug 31, 2016) (Simon, J.)

A district court upheld the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' and FWS' management plan, EIS, and associated permits authorizing the “take,” or killing, of double-crested cormorants in the Columbia River estuary, even though the agencies failed to consider reasonable alternatives other than killing i...