Sovereign Inupiat for a Living Arctic v. United States Bureau of Land Management

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL

No. 23-3624

DIVERSITY; FRIENDS OF THE

EARTH; GREENPEACE, INC.; D.C. No. NATURAL RESOURCES 3:23-cv-00061-

DEFENSE COUNCIL;DEFENDERS SLG

OF WILDLIFE,

OPINION

Plaintiffs - Appellants, v.

UNITED STATES BUREAU OF

LAND MANAGEMENT; UNITED

STATES FISH & WILDLIFE

SERVICE; NATIONAL MARINE

FISHERIES SERVICE; UNITED

STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE

INTERIOR; UNITED STATES

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE;

DOUG BURGUM, in his official capacity as Secretary of the Interior; KATHARINE MACGREGOR, in her official capacity as Deputy Secretary of the Interior; HOWARD LUTNICK, in his official capacity as Secretary of Commerce; KEVIN PENDERGAST, in his official capacity as Alaska State Director of Bureau of Land Management; SARA BOARIO, in her official capacity as Regional Director of United States Fish and Wildlife Service; JONATHAN KURLAND, in his official capacity as Regional Administrator of National Marine Fisheries Service,

Defendants - Appellees,

CONOCOPHILLIPS ALASKA,

INC.; ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL

CORPORATION; NORTH SLOPE

BOROUGH;…