Karina Brown
Ninth Circuit to consider oversight for “predator derby” hunting competitions
In an Idaho forest, the Girls Scouts need a permit to hold a camping event. But the government says no permit – or the accompanying oversight – is needed for a weekend-long “predator derby” in which hundreds compete to kill wolves, coyotes and weasels.
Trump pardons ranchers who sparked Bundy takeover at refuge
Public lands advocates worried Tuesday that President Donald Trump's pardons of Dwight Hammond and his son, Steven, gave free rein to extremists who are willing to imperil the lives of federal workers to prove a point.
Judge fines 15-year-old boy $36.6M for starting Columbia River Gorge wildfire
The 15-year-old boy who admitted sparking a massive wildfire in the Columbia River Gorge by lobbing firecrackers into a ravine won’t serve any jail time, but he will have to pay a $36.6 million restitution bill that his lawyer called unconstitutional and “absurd.”
9th Circuit: Feds must change Columbia River dam operations to protect salmon
The federal government must heed a federal court ruling that found it was not doing enough to protect endangered salmon and steelhead, and directing it to change dam operations along the Columbia River accordingly, the Ninth Circuit ruled Monday.
Montana ranchers’ complaint over beef advertising tax reaches 9th Circuit Court
Lawyers for the federal government and a Montana beef growers association argued in federal appeals court this week about the constitutionality of requiring ranchers to pay for the advertising campaign behind the slogan “Beef: It’s What’s for Dinner.”