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.
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.
Status: Motion for voluntary remand granted and 2020 withdrawal vacated. [ 05/26/2022 ]
Description: Lawsuit challenging the withdrawal of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's proposed rule to list the North American wolverine in the contiguous United States as a threatened distinct population segment.
Description: Lawsuit challenging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's determination that designation of critical habitat for the rusty patch bumble bee would not be prudent and seeking to compel designation of critical habitat for the species.
Status: Proposed amicus brief filed by American Stewards of Liberty et al. in support of federal defendants' cross-motion for summary judgment. [ 05/31/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to the reclassification of the American burying beetle from “endangered” to “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act.
Status: State of Utah's motion to intervene granted. [ 06/27/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to approval of oil and gas leases in southeastern Utah, including for failure to consider climate change impacts on cultural resources.