Legal Opinion
Karuk Tribe v. United States Forest Service
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 7, 2011No. 05-16801PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge MILAN D. SMITH, JR.; Dissent by Judge WILLIAM A. FLETCHER.
OPINION
M. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act (ESA), 16 U.S.C. § 1536(a)(2), requires interagency consultation for any federal agency action that may affect a listed species. In this opinion, we determine whether a United States Forest Service (USFS) District Ranger’s (Ranger) decision that a proposed mining operation may proceed according to the miner’s Notice of Intent (NOI) and will not require a Plan of Operations (Plan) is an “agency action” for purposes of triggering the ESA’s…
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