Sierra Club v. Jewell

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Granting in Part and Denying in Part Plaintiffs’ Motions for Summary Judgment; Granting in Part and Denying in Part Defendants’ Motions for Summary Judgment; and Granting in Part and Denying in Part Intervenor-DEFENDANTS’ MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY Judgment

RUDOLPH CONTRERAS, United . States District Judge

I. INTRODUCTION

The American West is rich with wildlife of considerable ecological value. These related cases involve two iconic species — the elk and the grizzly bear — and their habitat in the Grand Teton National Park (“the Park”) in northwestern Wyoming. When Congress created…