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Alliance For The Wild Rockies And Native Ecosystems Council V. Krueger, Nicholas R. Vandenbos
Alliance For The Wild Rockies And Native Ecosystems Council V. Krueger, Nicholas R. Vandenbos
Public Land & Resources Law Review
Environmental plaintiffs demanded injunctions following U.S. Forest Service approval of two fuel reduction projects in the Gallatin National Forest, alleging, inter alia, ESA and NEPA violations. Although both projects had already been challenged in Salix v. United States Forest Serv., Plaintiffs in Alliance for the Wild Rockies alleged specific harms, allowing the court to create a new injunction standard for cases involving procedural, programmatic violation of the ESA. The new test harmonizes two conflicting lines of Ninth Circuit precedent.