Coho Salmon v. Pacific Lumber Co.

ELR Citation: ELR 20508
No(s). C-98-0283 MHP (N.D. Cal. Dec 9, 1998)

The court holds that environmental organizations have standing to assert an Endangered Species Act (ESA) §9 claim against a lumber company whose timber harvesting operations are allegedly causing the take of coho salmon. The court first holds that the organizations have satisfied each of the elemen...