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WILDERNESS SOCIETY v. U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE

No. 01-35266.

353 F.3d 1051 (2003)

THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY; Alaska Center for the Environment, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed December 30, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rebecca L. Bernard and Jack K. Sterne, Trustees For Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska, for the plaintiffs-appellants.

Kathryn E. Kovacs, U.S. Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Washington, D.C., for the defendant-appellee.

Before: Mary M. SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, Harry PREGERSON, Stephen REINHARDT, T.G. NELSON, Michael Daly HAWKINS, Barry G. SILVERMAN, Kim McLane WARDLAW, William A. Fletcher, Ronald M. GOULD, Marsha S. BERZON, and Richard R. CLIFTON, Circuit Judges.

Argued and Submitted En Banc September 16, 2003.

OPINION

GOULD, Circuit Judge.

We consider an action brought by the Wilderness Society and the Alaska Center for the Environment ("Plaintiffs") challenging a decision by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service ("USFWS"), to grant a permit for a sockeye salmon enhancement project ("Enhancement Project") that annually introduces about six million hatchery...

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