In an unpublished opinion, the Ninth Circuit affirmed dismissal of a challenge to the Forest Service's approval of sheep grazing allotments in Beaverhead Deerlodge National Forest. An environmental group argued the Service overlooked new information on grizzly bear mortality and conflicts with sheep...

A district court dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction a nonprofit group's challenge to the Forest Service's and BLM's herd management plan for wild horses and burros in Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. The group argued the agencies arbitrarily and capriciously authorized use of surgica...

A district court denied summary judgment for an environmental group in a challenge to the Tennessee Valley Authority's (TVA's) decision to build a gas-fired power plant in Tennessee. The group argued the EA violated NEPA, and that TVA's decision to issue a FONSI and not to prepare an EIS was arbitra...

A district court denied summary judgment for an environmental group in a challenge to the Forest Service's approval of a tree-thinning project in Ozark National Forest. The group argued the Service violated NEPA by failing to take a "hard look" at certain environmental issues and failing to prepare ...

A district court granted in part and denied in part Alaska Native tribes' request for declaratory relief in a challenge to the Army Corps of Engineers' and BLM's final EIS and joint record of decision for a proposed gold mine in southwestern Alaska. The tribes argued the EIS and record of decision v...

A district court granted in part environmental groups' motion for summary judgment in a challenge to BLM's approval of an oil and gas project in Wyoming. The groups argued BLM violated NEPA, the APA, FLPMA, and the Mineral Leasing Act in approving the project and in approving hundred of applications...