Audubon Society of Portland v. Deb Haaland

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

AUDUBON SOCIETY OF No. 20-35508 PORTLAND, An Oregon nonprofit corporation; D.C. Nos. OREGON WILD, An Oregon 1:17-cv-00069-CL nonprofit corporation; 1:17-cv-00098-CL WATERWATCH OF OREGON, 1:17-cv-00468-CL An Oregon nonprofit 1:17-cv-00531-CL corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellants,

OPINION

and

CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL

DIVERSITY; WESTERN

WATERSHEDS PROJECT,

Plaintiffs,

v.

DEB HAALAND, in her official capacity as Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior; AURELIA SKIPWITH, in her official capacity as Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service; UNITED

STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE

SERVICE, a federal agency of the United States Department of the Interior, Defendants-Appellees,

TULELAKE IRRIGATION

DISTRICT; KLAMATH WATER

USERS ASSOCIATION;

TULELAKE GROWERS

ASSOCIATION; TALLY HO

FARMS PARTNERSHIP, DBA

Walker Brothers; FOUR H

ORGANICS, LLC;

WOODHOUSE FARMING AND

SEED COMPANY; MICHAEL

BYRNE,

Intervenor-Defendants- Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon…