Save Our Cabinets v. United States Fish & Wildlife Service

OPINION and ORDER

Donald W. Molloy, United States District Court Judge

Plaintiffs Save Our Cabinets, Earthworks, and Defenders of the Wildlife (collectively “Plaintiffs”) seek declaratory and injunctive relief under the Endangered Species Act .(“ESA”), challenging determinations made by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“Fish and Wildlife Service”) and the United States Forest Service (“Forest Service”) (collectively “Federal Defendants”) related to the Mon-tanore Mine Project (the “Project” or “Mine”) in northwestern Montana. Plaintiffs argue that Federal Defendants violated the ESA…