Salix v. United States Forest Service

ORDER

DANA L. CHRISTENSEN, District Judge.

Before the Court are the parties’ cross-motions for summary judgment. For the reasons discussed below, Plaintiffs’ motion is granted and Defendants’ motion is denied. As threshold matters, Plaintiffs have standing to challenge the Forest Service’s failure to reinitiate section 7 consultation on the programmatic plan amendment at issue here, and the Court has jurisdiction to consider the case because Plaintiffs’ notice of intent to sue was adequate. The Court also finds that the Ninth Circuit’s decision in Pacific Rivers Council v. Thomas, 30 F.3d 1050…