Karuk Tribe Complaint against National Marine Fisheries Service

Here is the complaint in Karuk Tribe v. Stelle (N.D. Cal.):

Complaint

An excerpt:

This is a civil action against the National Marine Fisheries Service (“NMFS”) of the U.S. Department of Commerce, and the United States Forest Service (“USFS”) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Plaintiffs allege NMFS violated the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”) when it issued a Biological Opinion (“BiOp”) and Incidental Take Statement (“ITS”) for the Westside Fire Recovery Project on Forest Service lands in the Klamath River watershed. Plaintiffs further allege the USFS violated the National Environmental Policy Act and National Forest Management Act when it issued a Record of Decision (“ROD”) approving the Westside Fire Recovery Project on the Klamath National Forest.