Additional Materials in Wild Fish Conservancy v. National Park Service

Here:

25 Fed Defs’ Mot for Partial Dismissal FILED 4-12-2012

25-1 Fed Defs’ Mot for PartialDismissal Ex A FILED 4-12-2012

25-2 Fed Defs’ Mot for PartialDismissal Ex B FILED 4-12-2012

25-3 Fed Defs’ Mot for PartialDismissal Ex 3 FILED 4-12-2012

25-4 Fed Defs’ Mot for PartialDismissal Ex 4 FILED 4-12-2012

25-5 Fed Defs’ Mot for PartialDismissal Ex 5 FILED 4-12-2012

26 Elwha Defs’ Motion to Dismiss or MMDS FILED 4-12-2012

27 Decl of SHS with Ex A FILED 4-12-2012

27-1 Ex B to Decl of SHS FILED 4-12-2012

27-2 Ex C to Decl of SHS FILED 4-12-2012

 

Latest Order in Decade Long Columbia River Pollution Case

Trial is set for September in Pakootas v. Teck Cominco Metals, Ltd.  The News Tribune article about the order denying efforts by Teck Cominco Metals to bring in other parties is here.

The order is here DCT Order 4-4-12

Seven previous posts on this case can be found here.

Materials in Wild Fish Conservancy v. National Park Service

This is a suit to enjoin the Lower Elwha Tribe’s fish hatchery by environmental groups.

Complaint FILED 2-9-2012

Stipulation and proposed order FILED 2-23-12

Joint Motion Stipulation and Order FILED 2-23-2012

Stipulation and Order FILED 2-27-2012

Docket Report as of 4-9-2012

Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Seek to Register Sacred Site and Prevent Mining

The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes are attempting to list a sacred site on the National Register of Historic Places in hopes of stopping plans to mine Chicago Peak. Stories are here and here.

Case material (unsuccessful efforts to stop the mining project) referenced in the articles:

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Review Material

District Court Opinion

Ninth Circuit Opinion

Karuk Tribe Files Lawsuit to Challenge Suction Dredges

An article from Courthouse News Service is here and an AP article via the Washington Post is here.

Complaint is here.

NYTs Article on Abandoned Uranium Mines at Navajo

Here.

Navajo Nation Can Issue Air Quality Permits on Reservation

H/T Indianz

Here is the decision, In re Peabody Western Coal Division, from the Environmental Appeals Board

Diné CARE National Parks Conservation Association v. EPA Complaint: Clean Air Act Suit regarding Navajo Coal

Here is the complaint, filed in D.C.:

Diné CARE Complaint

An excerpt:

1. The federal Clean Air Act requires the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“Administrator” or “EPA”) to promulgate modern pollution control limits at the massive Navajo Generating Station (“NGS”) and Four Corners Power Plant (“Four Corners”), located on Navajo tribal lands in Arizona and New Mexico, to remedy unhealthful, scenery-impairing air pollution in protected national parks and wilderness areas in the American Southwest. Because EPA has failed to promulgate such pollution control limits without unreasonable delay, Plaintiffs bring this action to secure an order from the court that directs EPA to issue haze-reducing pollution control limits at NGS and Four Corners forthwith.
2. In particular, this Clean Air Act Section 304(a) citizen suit, 42 U.S.C. §7604(a), seeks an order compelling EPA to perform its nondiscretionary duties by date or dates certain to promulgate federal implementation plans (“FIPs”) establishing Best Available Retrofit Technology (“BART”) for NGS and Four Corners. EPA’s failure to perform these duties within a reasonable time has deprived Plaintiffs’ members of health, welfare, and procedural protections provided by the Clean Air Act.

IPR on the W. Great Lakes Salmon Fishery

Here.

The intro:

Managers of salmon in Lake Michigan must soon decide how many fish to put into the lake each year. The salmon fishery is a man-made industry in the Great Lakes, produced by planting millions and millions of fish in the lakes. Keeping the salmon population in balance with the food supply is a challenge these days. Some scientists are raising new questions about the salmon’s demise in Lake Huron and whether it can be stopped in Lake Michigan.

Wisconsin’s Proposed Wolf Hunt Approved by State Assembly

The New York Times has covered the State of Wisconsin’s proposal to introduce a wolf hunting season here and here. These articles bring tribal concerns over the proposed hunt to center stage. After Scott Walker approves this bill, it will be interesting to track the response that follows. In this instance, can tribal moral objections be addressed and reverse this vote via legal argumentation/legal channels? Time will likely reveal the answer to that question.

(As a side note, GLIFWC is misidentified as GLIFGC in both articles.)