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NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

MAR 19 2024

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ALASKA WILDLIFE ALLIANCE; No. 23-35299

ALASKA WILDERNESS LEAGUE;

CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL D.C. No. DIVERSITY; DEFENDERS OF 3:21-cv-00209-SLG-KFR

WILDLIFE; FRIENDS OF THE EARTH;

SIERRA CLUB,

MEMORANDUM*

Plaintiffs-Appellants,

v.

UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE

SERVICE; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE

INTERIOR; SHANNON ESTENOZ, in her official capacity as Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks; DEB HAALAND, in her official capacity as Secretary of the Interior,

Defendants-Appellees,

and

ALASKA OIL AND GAS

ASSOCIATION; STATE OF ALASKA,

Intervenor-Defendants- Appellees.

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. 1 Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Alaska Sharon L. Gleason, Chief District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted February 8, 2024 Portland, Oregon

Before: McKEOWN, BYBEE, and BRESS, Circuit Judges. Partial…