Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of Indians v. United States Department of the Navy James Webb, as Secretary of the Navy

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• noting that an action agency’s reliance on a wildlife agency’s opinion may be arbitrary and capricious where a petitioner presented new information that seriously undermined the wildlife agency’s opinion
• “We have recognized that the Secretary is to be afforded some discretion in ascertaining how best to fulfill the mandate to conserve under section 7(a)(1
• “A federal agency cannot abrogate its responsibility to ensure that its actions will not jeopardize a listed species_”
• “A federal agency cannot abrogate its responsibility to ensure that its actions will not jeopardize a listed species; its decision to rely on a FWS biological opinion must not have been arbitrary or capricious.”

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