Biodiversity Conservation Alliance v. United States Department of Agriculture Deputy Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment et al

Filing 62

OP0INION AND ORDER re 17 Amended Petition for Judicial Review, filed by Biodiversity Conservation Alliance by the Honorable Alan B Johnson is Denied. The Deputy Under Secretary's decision to uphold the Medicine Bow National Forest Revised Land and Resource Management Plan concerning the issue of bighorn sheep viability is hereby AFFIRMRED.(Court Staff, sth)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

iOI7JUL3l PHI,;ijg
FOR THE DISTRICT OF WYOMING

'"'"SEraiii-'-"'BIODIVERSriT CONSERVATION

ALLIANCE,
Petitioner.

V.

DAN JIRON in his official capacity as
Deputy Under Secretary for Natural

Case No. 12-CV-73-ABJ

Resources and Environment, UNITED
STATES DEPARTMENT Of

AGRICULTURIZ: and THOMAS

TIDWELL in his official capacity as
Chief of the UNITED STATES FOREST

SERVICE, an agency of the United States,
Respondents.
and

STA'fE OF WYOMING; WYOMING
WILD SHEEP FOUNDATION;
WYOMING WOOL GROWERS

ASSOCIATION;LADDER LIVESTOCK
COMPANY,LLC; BANJO SHEEP
COMPANY,LLC; and WYOMING
SPORTSMEN FOR FISH AND

WILDLIFE,
Intervenors.

OPINION AND ORDER