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William H. Orrick, United States District Judge INTRODUCTION On March 24, 2017, I issued permanent injunctions in two related cases, Hoopa Valley Tribe v. Bureau of Reclamation , No. 16-cv-4294, and Yurok Tribe v. Bureau of Reclamation , No. 16-cv-6863. See Hoopa Dkt. No. 111; Yurok Dkt. No. 70. The injunctions ordered the United States Bureau of Reclamation (the "Bureau"

ORDER RE MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT, MOTIONS TO STRIKE, AND MOTION TO DISMISS WILLIAM H. ORRICK, United States District Judge INTRODUCTION This order addresses parallel motions brought in two related cases, Yurok Tribe v. Bureau of Reclamation, No. 16-cv-6863, and Hoopa Valley Tribe v. Bureau of Reclamation, No. 16-cv-4294. The plaintiffs in these two cases are trib

426 F.3d 1082 PACIFIC COAST FEDERATION OF FISHERMEN'S ASSOCIATIONS; Institute for Fisheries Resources; Northcoast Environmental Center; Klamath Forest Alliance; Oregon Natural Resources Council; The Wilderness Society; Waterwatch of Oregon; Defenders of Wildlife; Headwaters, Plaintiffs-Appellants, andMike Thompson, Representative, Plaintiff,v.UNITED STATES BUREAU OF RECLAMATION; National Marine Fisheries Service, Defendants-Appellees,

Lawrence J. O'Neill, UNITED STATES CHIEF DISTRICT JUDGE I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiffs,1 various water resource management and conservation organizations, challenge Defendants'2 "10-year water transfer program to move water from sellers located upstream of the Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta ('Delta') to willing buyers south of the Delta" (

376 F.3d 853 WESTLANDS WATER DISTRICT; San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority, Plaintiffs-Appellees,v.UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR; Gale A. Norton, Secretary U.S. Department of the Interior; United States Bureau of Reclamation; Eluid Martinez, Commissioner of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation; Lester A. Snow, Regional Director of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Region; United States Dep

MEMORANDUM ** The Klamath Water Users Association (“KWUA”) appeals the district court’s order enjoining the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (“BOR”) from making irrigation diversions from the Klamath Reclamation Project (“Klamath Project” or “Project”) under the 2002 Biological Opinion. The district court, acting pursuant to our previous decision in Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations v. Unite

FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT YUROK TRIBE; PACIFIC COAST No. 23-15499 FEDERATION OF FISHERMEN'S ASSOCIATIONS; INSTITUTE FOR D.C. No. 3:19-cv- FISHERIES RESOURCES; HOOPA 04405-WHO VALLEY TRIBE, Plaintiffs-Appellees, OPINION v. U.S. BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, Defendant-counter-claimant- cross-claimant-Appellee, NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE, Defendant-Appellee,

138 F.Supp.2d 1228 (2001) PACIFIC COAST FEDERATION OF FISHERMEN'S ASSOCIATIONS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. U.S. BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, Defendant, and Klamath Water Users Assoc., Intervenor. No. C 00-01955 SBA. United States District Court, N.D. California. April 3, 2001. *1229 Patti A. Goldman, Todd D. True, Kristen Boyles, J

D.W. NELSON, Circuit Judge. Eight organizations representing environmental and fisheries interests sued the United States Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) for injunctive and declaratory relief, alleging violations of the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA), 16 U.S.C. §§ 1531-1544. The lawsuit concerned the federal government’s effor

ORDER RE MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT, MOTIONS TO STRIKE, AND MOTION TO DISMISS WILLIAM H. ORRICK, United States District Judge INTRODUCTION This order addresses parallel motions brought in two related cases, Yurok Tribe v. Bureau of Reclamation, No. 16-cv-6863, and Hoopa Valley Tribe v. Bureau of Reclamation, No. 16-CV-4294. The plaintiffs in these two cases are trib

HUG, Circuit Judge. In an effort to address ongoing declines in salmon and steelhead populations in the Trinity River basin, the Bureau of Reclamation adopted a multifaceted restoration program. The Hoopa Valley Indian Tribe sought funding to implement many of the proposed restoration projects under the mandatory contracting provisions of the Indian Self-Determination and Educ

415 F.3d 986 HOOPA VALLEY INDIAN TRIBE, a federally recognized Indian tribe, Plaintiff-Appellant,v.Michael J. RYAN, Northern Area Manager, Bureau of Reclamation; Gale A. Norton, Secretary of the Interior; United States of America, Defendants-Appellees. No. 03-16940. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted April 14, 2005.

Opinion by Judge SCHWARZER; Dissent by Judge MICHAEL DALY HAWKINS. SCHWARZER, Senior District Judge: The question before us is whether documents submitted by Indian Tribes at the request of the Department of the Interior in the course of consultation over ongoing administrative and adjudicative proceedings involving water rights and allocations affecting the Tribes’ interests are exempt under

GOODWIN, Circuit Judge: For forty years, most of the Trinity River’s water has been diverted to the Sacramento River basin. Congress mandated that some of that water be returned to the Trinity River in order to revive its chinook salmon, coho salmon, and steel-head trout populations, which have been decimated by the decades of reduced water flows. California municipal water agencies and power districts (“Plaintiffs”) challen

FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT AUDUBON SOCIETY OF No. 20-35508 PORTLAND, An Oregon nonprofit corporation; D.C. Nos. OREGON WILD, An Oregon 1:17-cv-00069-CL nonprofit corporation; 1:17-cv-00098-CL WATERWATCH OF OREGON, 1:17-cv-00468-CL An Oregon nonprofit 1:17-cv-00531-CL corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellants,

275 F.Supp.2d 1157 (2002) WESTLANDS WATER DISTRICT, San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority, and San Benito County Water District, Plaintiffs, Sacramento Municipal Utility District, Plaintiff-Intervenor, Northern California Power Association, Plaintiff-Intervenor v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF the INTERIOR, et al., Defendants, Hoopa Valley Tribe, Defendant-Intervenor, Yurok Tribe, Defendant-Intervenor. N

180 F.Supp.2d 1184 (2001) MERIT ENERGY COMPANY, a Delaware corporation, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR and the Minerals Management Service, Defendants. No. 00-WY-1071-CB. United States District Court, D. Colorado. March 30, 2001. *1185 Craig R. Carver, Alfers & Carver, LLC, Denver, CO, for Plaintiff.</

532 U.S. 1 (2001) DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR et al. v. KLAMATH WATER USERS PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION No. 99-1871. United States Supreme Court. Argued January 10, 2001. Decided March 5, 2001. CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT *2 *3

OPINION N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judge: In late summer 2013, the Bureau of Reclamation (“BOR”) released Trinity River water from the Lewiston Dam, above and beyond the amount designated in the applicable water release schedule (a schedule that was devised to benefit only the Trinity River basin). That water flowed down the Trinity River and into the lower Kl

MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER RE CROSS MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT (Docs. 112 & 120) LAWRENCE J. O’NEILL, District Judge. I. INTRODUCTION This case concerns the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s (“Reclamation” or “the Bureau”) decision to make certain “Flow Augmentation” releases (“FARs”) of water beginning on August 13, 2013 from Lewi-ston Dam, a feature of the Trinity Ri