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CaseNo: GPTFVUFAWS281826, CourtName: MISC 3, Plaintiff: GIFFORD PINCHOT TASK FORCE, State: OR Oregon, UniqueCaseRef: LCD>GPTFVUFAWS281826, Spotted Owls, Species, Critical Habitat, Fws, Forest Service, Esa, Management, Northern Spotted Owls, Blm, Land, Plans, Daniel, Rohlf, Conservation, Endangered Species, Biological Opinion, Lsrs, Northwest Forest, Nfp Biop, Authorizes, Timber Sales, Listed Species, Adverse Modification, Destruction, Designated Critical Habitat, Consultation, Chus, Declaration, Protections , ContentID: 120252934

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1 2001-07-06 PLAINTIFF BRIEF
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1 . PLAINTIFF BRIEF

EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
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]
 8
      Attorneys for Plaintiffs
 9
                                      UNITED STATE DISTRICT COURT
10                                  WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
                                               AT TACOMA
11
      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
SNIPPETS:
  • Attorneys for Plaintiffs
  • 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
  • Endangered Species Act's (ESA) list of species threatened with extinction.
  • Fish and Wildlife (FWS).
  • FWS's 1998 "biological opinion" for the Forest Service's and BLM's ongoing timber sale program
  • Though FWS has previously emphasized the importance of critical habitat
  • 26 result in the "destruction or adverse modification" of designated critical habitat.
  • follow its own advice and rigorously apply the ESA's protections prior to approving extensive
  • as well as bans destruction of identified habitat of these species.
  • This case centers primarily on consultations between the FWS and the U.S. Forest Service
  • 17 and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) concerning impacts on spotted owls.
  • not appropriately emphasize the importance of critical habitat to efforts to recover listed
  • This consultation process plays an important role in making certain that these
  • routine activities such as timber sales or other forest management actions.
  • attached to the Declaration of Daniel J. Rohlf as Exhibit A. The Handbook specifies
  • 20 Plan is a system of "late successional reserves" (LSRs) and interspersed "matrix" lands.
  • develop LSR management plans prior to allowing any habitat manipulation in these areas.
  • 11 its NFP BiOp, FWS found that, on average, 70% of critical habitat for spotted owls are
  • 13 critical habitat and six CHUs are not included in any LSR.
  • In the opinion FWS authorizes incidental take of "all spotted owl pairs or resident singles
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