Klamath-Siskiyou Wildland Center v. Grantham ( 2020 )

1 Mmeerriieell@ Lc. rDagar.ozregn , OSB No. 113645, pro hac vice 2 Oliver J. H. Stiefel OSB No. 135436, pro hac vice oliver@crag.org 3 Crag Law Center 3141 E Burnside Street 4 Portland, Oregon 97214 Phone: (503) 525-2725 5 Fax: (503) 296-5454 6 Thomas E. Wheeler, CSB No. 304191 tom@wildcalifornia.org 7 Environmental Protection Information Center 145 G St., Ste. A 8 Arcata, California 95521 Phone: (206) 356-8689 9 LOCAL COUNSEL 10 Attorneys for Plaintiffs 11 12 MCGREGOR W. SCOTT United States Attorney 13 JOSEPH B. FRUEH Assistant United States Attorney 14 501 I Street, Suite 10-100 Sacramento, CA 95814 15 E-mail: joseph.frueh@usdoj.gov Telephone: (916) 554-2702 16 Facsimile: (916) 554-2900 17 Attorneys for Defendants 18 19 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 20 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 21 KLAMATH-SISKIYOU WILDLANDS Case No. 2:20-cv-00850-TLN-AC CENTER, et al., 22 THIRD STIPULATION AND ORDER TO Plaintiffs, AMEND INITIAL PRETRIAL SCHEDULING 23 ORDER (ECF 8, 13, 15) v. 24 PATRICIA GRANTHAM, in her official 25 capacity as Forest Supervisor of the Klamath National Forest, et al., 26 Defendants. 27 28 1 THIRD STIPULATION AND ORDER 2 IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, by and among the parties and subject to Court approval, that the 3 Amended Initial Pretrial Scheduling Order (see ECF 8, 13, 15) shall be further amended as follows: 4 1. Plaintiffs Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center, Environmental Protection Information 5 Center, and Klamath Forest Alliance allege that Defendants United States Forest Service, Forest 6 Supervisor Patricia Grantham, and Deputy Regional Forester Barnie Gyant approved and are proceeding 7 with the Crawford Vegetation Management Project (“Crawford Project”) on the Klamath National 8 Forest in violation of the National Forest Management Act, 16 U.S.C. § 1604, and the National 9 Environmental Policy Act, 42 U.S.C. § 4332. Plaintiffs accordingly seek this Court’s review of the 10 administrative record relevant to the Defendants’ actions vis-à-vis the Crawford Project. 5 U.S.C. 11 § 706; Earth Island Inst. v. U.S. Forest Serv., 697 F.3d 1010, 1013 (9th Cir. 2012). 12 2. Defendants provided Plaintiffs with a draft of the administrative record on June 15, 2020. 13 The parties have been conferring in good faith regarding the content of the administrative record and the 14 schedule in this case, which schedule includes the potential for filing amended pleadings for claims 15 under the Endangered Species Act, joining additional defendants, supplementing the administrative 16 record, and briefing on cross-motions for summary judgment. See ECF 15 ¶¶ 2–7. 17 3. As of the filing of this Stipulation, Plaintiffs anticipate identifying additional materials 18 for inclusion in the draft administrative record. Defendants are also taking a closer look at the Project 19 record to determine whether additional work or updates might be necessary. For these reasons, the 20 parties have agreed to continue the lodging of the administrative record for the claims alleged in the 21 operative Complaint from July 29 to August 12, 2020. 22 /// 23 /// 24 /// 25 /// 26 /// 27 /// 28 /// 1 4. Defendants agree they will not be advertising a timber sale or entering into contracts for 2 vegetation management or logging under the Crawford Project until October 31, 2020, at the earliest. 3 5. All other dates in the Amended Initial Pretrial Scheduling Order (see ECF 15) remain 4 unchanged. 5 Dated: July 28, 2020 CRAG LAW CENTER 6 By: /s/ Meriel L. Darzen (authorized 7/28/2020) MERIEL L. DARZEN 7 Attorneys for Plaintiffs 8 9 Dated: July 28, 2020 MCGREGOR W. SCOTT United States Attorney 10 By: /s/ Joseph B. Frueh 11 JOSEPH B. FRUEH Assistant United States Attorney 12 Attorneys for Defendants 13 14 15 IT IS SO ORDERED. 16 Dated: July 28, 2020 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28