Western Watersheds Project v. Jewell

Authors

Hannah S. Cail, Alexander Blewett III School of at the Law University of MontanaFollow

Case Summary Citation

Western Watersheds Project v. Jewell, 56 F. Supp. 3d 1182 (D. Idaho 2014)

Abstract

The Idaho District Court granted WWP’s motion for summary judgment and denied those of the BLM and intervener Cattle Associations. WWP alleged the BLM failed to protect sage grouse in some 600 grazing permit decisions issued by the Burley Field Office. The court found the decisions insufficient under NEPA because the BLM did not consider the cumulative impacts of grazing permit renewals on sage grouse.