Fund for Animals v. Hall, Civ. No. 03-0677 (D.D.C.)
Case Summary:
We represent the Fund For Animals and more than a dozen individual Refuge users in a suit challenging the agency's decision to expand public uses, including hunting, throughout the Refuge System under six final agency rules promulgated by the Fish and Wildlife Service. The rules initiate or expand sport hunting in thirty-seven units of the National Wildlife Refuge System, including thirty-one refuges where hunting has never before been allowed, and twenty-one refuges within the Mississippi flyway - a critical migration corridor for numerous species of birds protected under the Endangered Species Act and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.
In 2006, the court granted our summary judgment motion on the grounds that, in adopting the hunting regulations, the Fish and Wildlife Service violated its obligation under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to evaluate the cumulative effects of its decisions. After the Fish and Wildlife Service issued a new NEPA document purporting to address the cumulative effect we challeneged the new analysis as inadequate. Motions for summary judgment are pending.
Plaintiffs: The Fund for Animals and individuals.
Court: United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Status:
Current – Pending