Defenders of Wildlife v. Salazar

MEMORANDUM OPINION

RICHARD J. LEON, District Judge.

Before the Court are dueling Motions for Summary Judgment arising from a dispute over the management of the National Elk Refuge in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Defenders of Wildlife and their fellow plaintiffs challenge the comprehensive Bison and Elk Management Plan adopted jointly by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS”) and the National Park Service (“Park Service”) (collectively, “the agencies”). The plaintiffs ask that the plan be set aside because it permits the indefinite feeding of elk on the Refuge despite what they regard as…