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03-35279 (2004)

Court: Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Number: 03-35279 Visitors: 27
Filed: Oct. 28, 2004
Latest Update: Mar. 26, 2017
Summary: 387 F.3d 968 GIFFORD PINCHOT TASK FORCE, an Oregon non-profit organization; Cascadia Wildlands Project, an Oregon non-profit organization; Northwest Environmental Defense Center, an Oregon non-profit organization; Oregon Natural Resources Council Fund, an Oregon non-profit organization; American Lands Alliance, an Oregon non-profit organization; Bark, an Oregon non-profit organization; Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center, an Oregon non-profit organization; Northwest Ecosystem Alliance, a Washingto
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387 F.3d 968

GIFFORD PINCHOT TASK FORCE, an Oregon non-profit organization; Cascadia Wildlands Project, an Oregon non-profit organization; Northwest Environmental Defense Center, an Oregon non-profit organization; Oregon Natural Resources Council Fund, an Oregon non-profit organization; American Lands Alliance, an Oregon
non-profit organization; Bark, an Oregon non-profit organization; Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center, an Oregon non-profit organization; Northwest Ecosystem Alliance, a Washington non-profit organization; Pacific Crest Biodiversity Project, a Washington non-profit organization, Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
UNITED STATES FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE, Defendant-Appellee,
American Forest Resource Council, Defendant-Intervenor-Appellee.

No. 03-35279.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Argued and Submitted June 7, 2004.

Filed August 6, 2004.

Amended October 28, 2004.

Stephanie M. Parent, Pacific Environmental Advocacy Center, Portland, OR, for the plaintiffs-appellants.

R. Justin Smith, United States Department of Justice, Environmental and Natural Resources Division, Washington, D.C., for the defendant-appellee.

James P. Walsh, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, San Francisco, CA, for defendant-intervenor-appellee American Forest Resource Council.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington; Franklin D. Burgess, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-00-05462-FDB.

Before BRUNETTI, McKEOWN, and GOULD, Circuit Judges.

ORDER

1

The Appellants' Motion for Technical Correction of Language in the Opinion is hereby GRANTED.

2

The opinion filed on August 6, 2004 and published at 378 F.3d 1059, is AMENDED as follows.

3

The final sentence of Subsection I.A. on page 1063 states:

4

If jeopardy or adverse modification cannot be avoided, the BiOp would exempt the action agency from Section 9's prohibition on taking and the strict civil and criminal penalties associated with such unlawful takings.

5

That final sentence of Subsection I.A. on page 1063 is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following sentence:

6

If the BiOp concludes that jeopardy or adverse modification cannot be avoided, Section 7(g) of the ESA provides that the action agency may apply for an exemption from Section 9's prohibition on taking and the strict civil and criminal penalties associated with such unlawful takings.

7

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Source:  CourtListener

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