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Legal Documents All Legal Documents Complaint to Invalidate Catron County Ordinance Regarding Wolf Kills Forest Guardians and Sinapu filed suit in federal district court to invalidate a Catron County ordinance that seeks to ratchet up wolf kills by authorizing county officials to remove wolves in ways and for reasons strictly prohibited by the ESA Gunnison's Prairie Dog Settlement Agreement The Settlement Agreement issued by a D.C. federal court ordering the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to issue a new determination on Endangered Species Act protection for the Gunnison's prairie dog Notice of Intent to Sue for Critical Habitat for Loach Minnow and Spikedace Forest Guardians filed a notice of intent to sue if public lands livestock grazing is not soon re-examined on over 520 miles of critical habitat for two threatened fish species. In response to a recently passed Catron County wolf killing ordinance, a coalition of conservation groups sent the county a formal notice of intent to sue under the Endangered Species Act. Appeal regarding Hermosa Allotment Environmental Assessment Forest Guardians, the Center for Biological Diversity, the Southwest Environmental Law Center, and the Rewilding Institute officially appeal Gila Nat'l Forest's plan to re-open area that has been recovering for more than a decade from past cattle grazing Notices of Appeal of Forest Service's Decision to Rubberstamp Grazing Forest Guardians and the Rewilding Institute filed appeals to the Forest Service’s decision to exclude grazing management from environmental review and public participation Emails obtained by Forest Guardians in a FOIA request show that the Gunnison's Prairie Dog was on track to be listed under the ESA until Julie McDonald at the DOI explicitly forced the Mountain-Prairie Regional office of the F&WS to reverse the decision District Court Ruling on State Petitions for Inventoried Roadless Area Management Rule A California District Judge has ruled that the State Petitions Rule, which the Bush administration used to replace the landmark Roadless Area Conservation Rule, was adopted without the necessary environmental analysis This complaint opposes a reintroduction rule which removes most habitat protections under the Endangered Species Act for Aplomado Falcons in New Mexico and Arizona - all falcons within the two-state area were designated ''experimental, non-essential'' A dozen scientists, spiritual leaders, and conservation groups sent a Notice of Intent to Sue the Fish and Wildlife Service over the agency's refusal to conduct a full review over whether to list the Gunnison's prairie dog under the Endangered Species Act Decision regarding Herbicide use on the Rio Hondo Allotment Administrative Law Judge Robert G. Holt rules that the Bureau of Land Management must vacate its decision to use an aerial application of chemical herbicides for removal of woody shrubs on the Rio Hondo grazing allotment 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Finding for Water Canyon Allotment Lawsuit The 9th Circuit court has ruled that endangered wildlife must be considered when government land managers fail to fulfill obligations under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) Coalition's Appeal of the Hyde Park Wildland Urban Interface Thinning and Prescribed Fire Project Tree cutting and burning on nearly 2,000 acres adjacent to the Santa Fe Watershed and along Hyde Park Road is opposed by a coalition of local citizens and conservation groups The government proposal to log and burn nearly 17,000 acres for forest and watershed health while generating wood products, including biomass, was met with an official objection by a least 17 area residents and Forest Service officers. Contrary to the stated conclusion that the project will help reduce spruce beetles, careful scrutiny of the proposed prescriptions suggests that the project may actually increase spruce beetle populations. Objector contends that with this project, Forest Supervisor Jose M. Martinez and the Lincoln National Forest (LNF) violate the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).. This is part of a larger strategy by the Bush administration to systematically stymie public participation Timber sale will result in logging rare mature ponderosa pine trees, impacting sensitive species' habitat and watershed of the Rio Vallecitos The purposes of this Agreement are to take steps towards protecting and restoring the ecological integrity of the Rio Grande Settlement to protect and restore Rio Grande Ecosystem The purposes of this Agreement are to take steps towards protecting and restoring the ecological integrity of the Rio Grande 60-Day Notice of Intent to Sue Under the Endangered Species Act The “not warranted” determination on the petition to list the swift fox as endangered is arbitrary and capricious, does not use best science, and illegally considers future conservation actions as a reason not to list the species. On October 14, 2004 the FWS sent a letter to Dr. Nicole Rosmarino of Forest Guardians indicating that it is likely that the FWS will not initiate a “substantial information” review on the Gunnison’s Prairie Dog petition in FY 2005 without a court order. While the Service did release several thousand documents to the group three days after the July suit was filed, it is still withholding key information. Notice of intent to sue for failing to issue an adequate warranted but precluded finding for the lesser prairie-chicken Notice of intent to sue Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief to Halt Shooting and Poisoning of Prairie Dogs Federal agency plans shoot and poison thousands of acres of prairie dogs in violation of this Nation's flagship environmental protection statute, the National Environmental policy Act (NEPA) Notice of Intent to Sue Concerning 'Not Warranted' Black-tailed Prairie Dog Petition Finding The Black-tailed Prairie Dog continues to suffer an onslaught of threats, including poisoning, shooting, habitat destruction, and sylvatic plague Notice of Violation of the Endangered Species Act Relating to Aplomado Falcon Habitat Notice of Violation of Section 4(b)(3)(D) of the Endangered Species Act Relating to the Petition to Revise the Critical Habitat Designation for the Northern Aplomado Falcon Forest Guardians claims the lienholder policy has made banks a silent player in the subsidized destruction of western public lands, and is calling on the BLM to cancel the policy A 1999 assessment by the Forest Service found that Forest Plans in the Southern Rockies may harm lynx and lynx habitat. The Carson and Santa Fe National Forests did not participate in the assessment or in the subsequent conservation agreement. Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) Lakes and BMG Wildfire Timber Salvage Sale, Santa Fe Forest Enjoining all ground-disturbing work (except for removal of downed timber) in Unit 6 of the Sandoval Ridge area of the Court Rules that the U.S. Government Must Conserve the Dying Rio Grande Ecosystem A ruling from the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals that the U.S. government must consider all available sources of water when
considering how to conserve the dying Rio Grande ecosystem and protect endangered fish and wildlife The BLM sanctioned oil and gas lease development is based in generalized science, without proven and testable means to preserve hydrological resources in the Pecos Basin Court Order and Opinion - Lincoln NF Sacramento Grazing Allotment - April 14, 2003 Judge Parker's ruling that the Lincoln NF has failed to fully consider the effects of grazing on the Mexican spotted owl on the Sacramento allotment FEMA to prepare and submit a biological assessment (BA) of NFIP on species and designated critical habitat through the Rio Grande, San Juan River and other rivers throughout New Mexico. FEMA should be required to take into account the environmental effects of their actions, just like every other federal agency.
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