February 10, 2016
A Washington federal judge on Tuesday dismissed a suit from Idaho's Nez Perce tribe and various environmental groups challenging sediment dredging activities in the lower Snake River by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, saying that the tribe lacked standing to bring the claims.
September 18, 2015
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers urged a Washington federal court Thursday to dismiss a suit from Idaho's Nez Perce Tribe and environmental groups, saying the plaintiffs' challenge to an already-completed sediment dredging action in the lower Snake River is moot and lacks redressable injuries.
August 07, 2015
Environmental groups, fishermen's associations and Idaho's Nez Perce tribe urged a Washington federal judge Thursday not to grant the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers a quick win in their suit claiming the Corps didn't adequately consider alternatives to dredging up sediment in the lower Snake River near the Washington-Idaho border.
May 15, 2015
Environmental groups and the Nez Perce Tribe on Thursday urged a Washington federal judge to declare that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers violated federal law by failing to properly consider alternatives to a lower Snake River dredging project and its impact on the Pacific lamprey.