Alliance for the Wild Rockies v. Cooley

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MONTANA MISSOULA DIVISION ALLIANCE FOR THE WILD ROCKIES and NATIVE CV 21-136-M-DWM ECOSYSTEMS COUNCIL, Plaintiffs, VS. OPINION and ORDER HILARY COOLEY, in her official capacity as U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Grizzly Bear Recovery Coordinator, et al., Defendants, and STATE OF IDAHO, Defendant-Intervenor. This case arises out of a dispute over the United States Fish and Wildlife Service’s (the “Service”) management of grizzly bear (ursus arctos horribilis) recovery in the Bitterroot Ecosystem of Montana and Idaho. Nearly forty years ago…