Litigation and Agency Decision Resources

Natural Resource Users Law & Policy Center

Pending Agency Proposals and NRULPC Comments

• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency
  • Comments on new rule governing WOTUS; September 2, 2021
• U.S. Forest Service
  • U.S. Forest Service Proposed Rangeland Management Directives Update (Comment period extended to April 17, 2021) 
  • U.S. Forest Service Proposes Changes in Regulations to Expedite Environmental Review (NEPA) (July 2019)
    • NRULPC Comments (March 2021)
  • Forest Service NEPA Procedures and Guidance
• U.S. Forest Service published Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Resolution Copper project
  • Comment from NRULPC on DEIS for Resolution Copper Mine (November 2019)
  • Comments from Law Students to DEIS on Resolution Copper Mine (November 2019)
• Comments on EQIP Interim Rule, Docket ID:  NRCS-2019-0009 

Interior Board of Land Appeals – Grazing Related Decisions

• Sara Bassler 197 IBLA 280  (Decided October 19, 2021) (pdf)
• Western Watersheds Project 197 IBLA 273 (Decided September 30, 2021) (pdf)
• Western Watershed Project vs BLM 197 IBLA 161 (Decided May 18, 2021) (pdf)
• Sid Childress vs BLM 197 IBLA 37 (Decided April 22, 2021) (pdf)
• BLM v. Idaho Cattle Association, ET AL - (Decided April 16, 2021) (pdf)
• Wroten Land & Cattle Co., ET AL - (Decided April 16, 2021) (pdf)
• Wildearth Guardians v. BLM (December 2020) (pdf)
• Idaho Cattle Association, ET AL. (On Reconsideration) (June 2020) (pdf)
• Wildlands Defense (Decided October 2019) (pdf)
• Western Watersheds Project, ET AL. v. BLM (Decided June 2019) (pdf)
• 06 Livestock Company, ET AL. (Decided April 2018) (pdf)

Presentation and Media

• Presentation by Beth Burritt, Utah State, Cattle Grazing Litigation