Marbled Murrelet v. Babbitt

83 F.3d 1068 42 ERC 1667 , 26 Envtl. L. Rep. 20 ,992, 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 3208 , 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 5295 MARBLED MURRELET, (Brachyramphus marmoratus); Northern Spotted Owl, (Strix occidentalis caurina); Environmental Protection Information Center, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Bruce BABBITT, Secretary, U.S. Department of Interior; Mollie Beattie, Director, United States Fish and Wildlife Service; Michael Spear, Director, Region 1, United States Fish & Wildlife Service; United States Fish & Wildlife Service, Defendants, and Pacific Lumber Company, a Delaware Corporation; Scotia Pacific Holding Company, a Delaware Corporation; Salmon Creek Corporation, a Delaware Corporation, Defendants-Appellants. No. 95-16945. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted March 14, 1996. Decided May 7, 1996. Jared G. Carter, Behnke & Oglesby, Ukiah, California and David S. Winton, Pillsbury Madison & Sutro, San Francisco, California, for defendants-appellants. Thomas N. Lippe, San Francisco, California, for plaintiffs-appellees. James C. Kilbourne and Edward J. Shawaker, Appellate Section, United States Department of Justice, Washington D.C., for…