Legal Opinion
Gifford Pinchot Task Force v. United States Fish & Wildlife Service
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 6, 2004No. 03-35279PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOULD, Circuit Judge:
This is a record review case in which the Appellants, an assortment of environmental organizations, challenge six biological opinions (BiOps) issued by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS or FWS) pursuant to the Endangered Spe*1063cies Act (ESA), 16 U.S.C. § 1531 et seq. The BiOps in question allowed for timber harvests in specified Northwest forests and also authorized incidental “takes” of the Northern spotted owl (spotted owl), a threatened species under the ESA. This case will bear on how the USFWS conducts its duties under the ESA in light of the…
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