The Wilderness Society and the Alaska Center for the Environment v. United States Fish and Wildlife Service, an Agency of the United States

GRABER, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs, The Wilderness Society and the Alaska Center for the Environment, challenge a decision by Defendant United States Fish and Wildlife Service (the Service) to permit a sockeye salmon enhancement project (the Project) at Tustumena Lake. Tustumena Lake is located in Alaska, within a designated wilderness area in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. Plaintiffs argue that the Project violates the Wilderness Act, 16 U.S.C. §§ 1131-1136, because it contravenes that Act’s requirement to preserve the “natural condition” and “wilderness character” of the area, and…