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Seattle Audubon v. DNR

^{King County Superior Court No. 12-2-19053-4SEA}

^{Complaint filed May 29, 2012; oral argument was heard Mar. 18, 2013 and a decision is pending.}

^{Violation of the State Environmental Policy Act, State Trust Lands, Marbled Murrelet}

NEDC v. Brown

^{U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 07-35266; U.S. Supreme Court Nos. 11-338 and 11-347}

^{In a unanimous opinion issued Aug. 17, 2010, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that polluted run-off from logging roads is subject to regulation under the Clean Water Act.}^{In Sept. 2011, both the timber industry and the State of Oregon filed petitions for certiorari requesting that the U.S. Supreme Court review the case. The Court accepted the case and oral argument was heard Dec. 3, 2012. On March 20, 2013, the Court reversed the Ninth Circuit ruling.}

^{Clean Water Act}

Lewis Co. v. Growth Mngt Hearings Board and Friends of Mineral Lake

^{Thurston County Superior Court No. 11-2-02089-1}

^{On July 6, 2012, Judge McPhee upheld the Growth Management Hearings Board's decision.}

^{Growth Management Act - Amendment to Lewis County's development regulations that allowed conversion of forestland to home sites was inconsistent with the County's Comprehensive Plan.}

Sierra Club SFI non-conformance complaint against Weyerhaeuser

^{Complaint filed Oct. 1, 2009.}

^{Complaint alleges Weyerhaeuser violated several of SFI’s environmental standards when it conducted logging and roadbuilding on extremely steep and unstable slopes}

ForestEthics complaint against SFI filed with the Federal Trade Commission

^{Complaint filed Sept. 9, 2009.}

^{Complaint alleges that SFI engages in deceptive and misleading national advertising}

ForestEthics complaint against SFI filed with the Internal Revenue Service

^{Complaint filed Sept. 9, 2009.}

^{Complaint reports SFI for potentially inappropriately using a tax-exempt “public charity” for funding, operating, and marketing its private forest certification label}

CIC v. Salazar

^{U.S. District Court, District of Columbia, No. 1:08-cv-1409-EGS}

^{On June 30, 2011, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service issued its Revised Recovery Plan for the northern spotted owl. On Nov. 21, 2012, the Service published the final revised critical habitat rule.}

^{Challenge to Northern Spotted Owl Recovery Plan and critical habitat designation}

FSC v. USTR

^{U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 09-35985}

^{Argued and submitted for decision Nov. 2, 2010; a memorandum affirming the District Court's decision was issued Dec. 1, 2010. The Court issued a mandate on Jan. 25, 2011, concluding litigation.}

^{Miscellaneous Receipts Act, National Environmental Policy Act}

CBD v. USTR

^{U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 10-35102}

^{On Sept. 16, 2011, the Court issued a Memorandum Opinion finding that the USTR had improperly limited its search for documents and remanding the case to District Court. A settlement was reached in Feb. 2012.}

^{Freedom of Information Act}

Skagit County v. State of Washington

^{Skagit County Superior Court}^{No. 05-2-00246-1}

^{Settlement reached and case dismissed in July 2009.}

^{State Trust Lands, Water Quality}

Alpine Lakes Protection Society, et al. v. Washington State Forest Practices Board

^Washington^State^{Supreme Court No. 79993-8}

^{Appeal filed Aug. 2005; Court of Appeals issued decision Oct. 2006; Petition for Review filed Mar. 2007 (joined with ALPS v. Ecology, below); the Supreme Court denied review in Feb. 2008, terminating the case.}

^{Cumulative Effects of Multiple Forest Practices, Forest Aesthetics}

Alpine Lakes Protection Society, et al. v. Washington State Department of Ecology

^Washington^State^{Supreme Court No. 79993-8}

^{Appeal filed July 2004; Court of Appeals issued decision Oct. 2006; Petition for Review filed Mar. 2007 (joined with ALPS v. FPB, above); the Supreme Court denied review in Feb. 2008, terminating the case.}

^{State Environmental Policy Act}

The Mountaineers v. DNR and Plum Creek Timber Company

^Thurston^{County Superior Court No. 02-2-00490-1}

^{Stayed in Superior Court pending a resolution of ALPS v. FPB and ALPS v. Ecology; the Supreme Court denied review of the companion cases in Feb. 2008, terminating the case.}

^{Cumulative Effects of Multiple Forest Practices, Forest Aesthetics}

Seattle Audubon Society v. Norton

^{U. S. District Court, W.D. Washington, No. C05-1835}

^{Case settled in Sept. 2006; Services agreed to do a Recovery Plan.}

^{Northern Spotted Owl Recovery Plan}

Washington Environmental Council v. Sutherland

^{King County Superior Court No. 04-2-26461-8SEA}

^{Case settled in Mar. 2006.}

^{Sustainable Harvest, Cumulative Effects, Northern Spotted Owl, Salmon}

State Owned Forests v. Sutherland

^Washington^State^{Supreme Court No. 76431-0}

^{The Court of Appeals issued a decision in 2004; the Supreme Court denied review in 2005, terminating the case.}