Legal Opinion
Rio Grande Silvery Minnow v. Bureau of Reclamation
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided April 21, 2010No. 05-2399, 06-2020, 06-2021PublishedCited by 298 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLMES, Circuit Judge.
This case involves one battle in a prolonged war over a finite and elemental resource — Rio Grande water. The needs of the plants and animals that depend upon this water for survival are in tension with the needs of the human inhabitants of the Middle Rio Grande Valley (the “Valley”) who depend upon the water for daily living and commercial and agricultural activities. Alleging that the Bureau of Reclamation (“Reclamation”) failed to properly maintain the delicate balance between these counterpoised needs to the detriment of several endangered species, Defenders of…
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