EAJA Awards
| Agency | Agency subcomponent | Name | Award date | Award amount | Awardees | Claims description | Finding basis | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | Western Watersheds Project, Sierra Club, Wyoming Wildlife Advocates and Gallatin Wildlife Association |
$ 160,000
|
Nathan D. Rectanus, Matthew R. Arnold and William S. Eubanks, II | 1) Claims the Forest Service refusal to examine any alternatives contemplating a phase out of artificial feeding at Alkali Creek shifted the Forest Service's obligations under NEPA to consider less environmentally harmful alternatives, 2) Claims the Forest Service failed to take a "hard look" at the environmental impacts of its decision by inappropriately deferring to Wyoming Game and Fish Commission's assessment of the threats associated with CWD and the need for artificial feeding of elk, and 3) Claims the Forest Service arbitrarily constrained its review of cumulative impacts by refusing to examine Alkali Creek in conjunction with other feed grounds in the Forest, or with efforts by NPS and FWS to phase out artificial feeding on the NER through its 2007 BEMP. | On 9/21/2021, the District Court of Wyoming issued an order stating that the Forest Service violated NEPA in authorizing the five-year special use permit for the Alkali Creek feed ground under a categorical exclusion. | Show | |
| U.S. Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | Native Ecosystems Council, Alliance for the Wild Rockies |
$ 122,000
|
Rebecca K. Smith and Timothy M. Bechtold | 1) Claims the Forest Service's representations and/or omissions in the EIS regarding road density and elk habitat violate NEPA, 2) Forest Service failed to disclose the decrease in active goshawk nesting territories to the public in the EIS, and failed to comply with Forest Plan requirement to conduct an evaluation report if active nests decline by 10% in a year, and 3) Claims Forest Service's representations and/or omissions in the EIS regarding tree cutting in an Inventoried Roadless Area violate the 2001 Roadless Rule. | On 4/4/2022, the District Court of Montana granted the plaintiffs' motion for Summary Judgment as to Claim 1 (all portions except illegal roads portion) and Claim 5. The project is remanded back to the Forest and enjoined pending Agency compliance with both NFMA and NEPA. | Show | |
| U.S. Department of Agriculture | Null | Rachel Rundquist |
$ 1,000
|
Tully Rinckey | EEOC | Null | Show | |
| U.S. Department of Agriculture | Natural Resources Conservation Service | In the Matter of Casey O. Spinks and Natural Resources Conservation Service |
$ 9,687
|
Casey O. Spinks | NAD | Null | Show | |
| U.S. Department of Agriculture | Food and Nutrition Service | Physician’s Committee for Responsible Medicine v. USDA |
$ 532
|
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine | FOIA | Null | Show | |
| U.S. Department of Agriculture | Null | Cascade Forest Conservancy v. Heppler |
$ 120,000
|
Cascade Forest Conservancy | NEPA | Null | Show | |
| U.S. Department of Agriculture | Null | WildEarth Guardians, et al. v. Bail |
$ 12,000
|
WildEarth Guardians | NEPA | Null | Show | |
| U.S. Department of Agriculture | Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service/Forest Service | Cottonwood Environmental Law Center v. Haaland, et al. |
$ 15,000
|
Cottonwood Environmental Law Center | NEPA | Null | Show | |
| U.S. Department of Agriculture | Farm Service Agency | Public Justice Foundation, et al. v. Farm Service Agency |
$ 150,500
|
Public Justice Foundation | FOIA | Null | Show | |
| U.S. Department of Agriculture | Farm Service Agency | In re Brian Shramek Farms |
$ 21,822
|
Brian Shramek Farms | NAD | Null | Show | |
| U.S. Department of Agriculture | Rural Development | Kayla Estes |
$ 122,713
|
Kayla Estes | EEOC | Null | Show | |
| U.S. Department of Agriculture | Null | San Luis Valley Ecosystem, et al. v. Dallas, et al. |
$ 3,000
|
San Luis Valley Ecosystem Council, San Juan Citizens Alliance, The Wilderness Society, Wildearth Guardians, & Rocky Mountain Wild via Western Environmental Law Centers IOLTA | NEPA, APA | Null | Show | |
| U.S. Department of Agriculture | Null | Idaho State Snowmobile Association v. Forest Service |
$ 36,000
|
Idaho State Snowmobile Association | NEPA, APA | Null | Show | |
| U.S. Department of Agriculture | Null | Wildearth Guardians v. Zinke, et al. |
$ 70,000
|
Wildearth Guardians and Grand Canyon Trust | NEPA, APA | Null | Show | |
| U.S. Department of Agriculture | Null | Save the Scenic Santa Ritas, et al. v. Forest Service, et al. |
$ 650,000
|
Save the Scenic Santa Ritas, Arizona Mining Reform Coalition, Grand Canyon Chapter of the Sierra Club, and the Center for Biological Diversity | NEPA, APA | Null | Show |