Bear Valley Mutual Water Co. v. Kenneth Salazar

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• noting that appellants were aware of, and therefore able to comment on, the challenged study during notice and comment period
• recognizing that the inadequacy and essentiality requirements overlap
• recognizing that the inadequacy and essentiality requirements overlap
• holding requirements that unoccupied areas be “essential [for] the conservation of the species” and “that the designated occupied areas are inadequate to ensure the conservation of the species” are “identical”
• upholding the designation of unoccupied critical habitat, even though the area was not habitable by the endangered species
• upholding the designation of unoceupied critical habitat, even though the area was not habitable by the endangered species

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