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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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`WESTERN WATERSHEDS PROJECT, et al.,
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`DAVID L. BERNHARDT, et al.
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`ORDER
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`Case No. 20-cv-00860 (APM)
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`The court has considered the parties’ positions on Plaintiffs’ Motion for Preliminary
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`Injunction, ECF No. 15, and hereby denies the Motion. The court issues this Order today to
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`remove any uncertainty about Defendants’ ability to take nuisance grizzly bears from the Upper
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`Green River Area Rangeland Project, consistent with the 2019 Biological Opinion and Incidental
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`Take Statement, when the permitted cattle drive is expected to commence on June 14, 2020. The
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`court’s Memorandum Opinion providing the reasons for its decision will issue the week of June
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`15, 2020.
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`Dated: June 12, 2020
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`Amit P. Mehta
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