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PLAINTIFF BRIEF
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SPECIES CRITICAL HABITAT FWS FOREST SERVICE ESA MANAGEMENT NORTHERN SPOTTED OWLS BLM LAND PLANS DANIEL ROHLF CONSERVATION ENDANGERED SPECIES BIOLOGICAL OPINION PLAINTIFFS LSRS NORTHWEST FOREST NFP BIOP AUTHORIZES TIMBER SALES LISTED SPECIES ADVERSE MODIFICATION DESTRUCTION DESIGNATED CRITICAL HABITAT CONSULTATION CHUS DECLARATION PROTECTIONS |
1 AARON COURTNEY (OSB # 93525)
DANIEL J. ROHLF (OSB # 99006)
2 Pacific Environmental Advocacy Center
10015 S.W. Terwilliger Boulevard
3 Portland, OR 97219
(503) 768-6727
4 (503) 768-6642 [FAX]
5 GARY K. KAHN (WSB # 17928)
Reeves, Kahn & Eder
6 P.O. Box 86100
Portland, OR 97286-0100
7 (503) 777-5473
(503) 777-8566 [FAX]
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Attorneys for Plaintiffs
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UNITED STATE DISTRICT COURT
10 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT TACOMA
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GIFFORD PINCHOT TASK FORCE; Case No.: C00-5462-FDB
12 NORTHWEST ECOSYSTEM ALLIANCE;
PACIFIC CREST BIODIVERSITY PROJECT, PLAINTIFFS' BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF
13 Washington non-profit organizations; and, MOTION FOR TEMPORARY RESTRAINING
CASCADIA WILDLANDS PROJECT; ORDER
14 NORTHWEST ENVIRONMENTAL
DEFENSE CENTER; OREGON NATURAL
15 RESOURCES COUNCIL FUND; AMERICAN
LANDS ALLIANCE; BARK; KLAMATH- ORAL ARGUMENT REQUESTED
16 SISKIYOU WILDLANDS CENTER, Oregon
non-profit organizations,
17 Note on motion calendar for: July 6, 2001
Plaintiffs,
18 vs.
UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE
19 SERVICE,
20 Defendant
21 I. INTRODUCTION
22 Some people think -- and federal defendants will undoubtedly argue -- that adoption of
23 Northwest Forest Plan in 1994 resolved longstanding and contentious questions about
24 of northern spotted owls on lands managed by the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land
25 Management (BLM). As plaintiffs detail below, however, there remains substantial cause for
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