Southeast Alaska Conservation Council v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

486 F.3d 638 SOUTHEAST ALASKA CONSERVATION COUNCIL; Sierra Club; Lynn Canal Conservation, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS; Timothy J. Gallagher, Colonel, in his official capacity as District Engineer; Larry L. Reeder, in his official capacity as Chief of the Regulatory Branch; Dominic Izzo, in his official capacity as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works); United States Forest Service, Defendants-Appellees, Coeur Alaska, Inc.; Goldbelt, Inc.; State of Alaska, Defendants-Intervenors-Appellees. No. 06-35679. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted December 4, 2006. Filed May 22, 2007. Thomas S. Waldo and Demian A. Schane, Earthjustice, Juneau, AK, for plaintiffs-appellants. John T. Stahr and Mark A. Nitczynski, U.S. Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellees. David J. Burman and Robert A. Maynard, Perkins Coie LLP, Boise, Idaho; John C. Berghoff, Jr., and Michael P. Rissman, Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw LLP, Chicago, IL; Cameron M. Leonard, State of Alaska, Department of Law, Fairbanks, AK; and David C. Crosby, David C. Crosby PC,…