Description: Lawsuit alleging that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service had failed to make a mandatory finding of whether the Suckley’s cuckoo bumblebee should be listed as endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act.
Status: Reply filed by San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority in support of cross-motion for summary judgment. [ 01/17/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to the environmental review and approvals for a 2019-2024 water transfer program from sellers upstream of the Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta to downstream buyers that allegedly would exacerbate climate change impacts on groundwater resources.
Description: Challenge to biological opinions assessing the likely effects of proposed Bureau of Land Management forest management projects on the Northern Spotted Owl and its critical habitat.
Description: Lawsuit alleging that EPA and other federal agencies violated the Endangered Species Act by failing to ensure that EPA approval of Washington's limits on aquatic cyanide would not jeopardize survival and recovery of endangered species.
Status: Case stayed and parties ordered to comply with the terms with the stipulated agreement. [ 08/26/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to the alleged failure of federal agencies to comply with the Endangered Species Act and Administrative Procedure Act in connection with the authorization and management of offshore oil and gas activities in federal waters off California.
Description: Challenge to Bureau of Ocean Energy Management approvals for the Vineyard Wind offshore wind project off the coasts of Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
Description: Lawsuit challenging the U.S. Forest Service’s approval of the Sage Hen Integrated Restoration Project in the Boise National Forest, including for failure to consider climate change impacts on bull trout.
Description: Lawsuit alleging that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service failed to make timely determinations on whether two small fish with habitat in California warranted protection under the Endangered Species Act.
Description: Challenge to the U.S. Forest Service’s authorization of the Rio Grande National Forest Land Management Plan and associated actions, focused on impacts to Canada lynx habitat.
Status: Parties' stipulated settlement adopted and case dismissed. [ 11/01/2021 ]
Description: Lawsuit filed challenging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's decision to forgo recovery planning for the Canada lynx in the contiguous United States.
Description: Lawsuit asserting that the adoption and continued implementation of the America's Marine Highway Program required consultation under Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act.
Status: Federal defendants filed memorandum of points and authorities in support of cross-motion for summary judgment and opposing plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment. [ 08/26/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to federal authorizations for a multi-use development in the City of Chico.
Description: Lawsuit seeking to compel the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to publish proposed rules regarding the listing of 10 species as endangered or threatened.