April 2, 2020 Sonny Perdue, David Bernhardt, Secretary of Agriculture Secretary of the Interior U.S. Dept. of Agriculture U.S. Dept. of the Interior 1400 Independence Ave., S.W. 1849 C Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20250 Washington, D.C. 20240
[email protected] [email protected] Vicki Christiansen, Acting Chief Aurelia Skipwith, Director U.S. Forest Service 201 14th Street, S.W. Washington D.C. 20024 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 201 14TH Street, SW 1849 C Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20024 Washington D.C. 20240
[email protected] [email protected] Elaine Kohrman, Acting Regional Forester Amy Lueders, Region 2 Regional Director U.S. Forest Service, Southwestern Region U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 333 Broadway SE P.O. Box 1306 Albuquerque, NM 87102 Albuquerque, NM 87102
[email protected] [email protected] Jeff Humphrey, Arizona State Supervisor Seth Willey, New Mexico State Supervisor U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 9828 North 31st Avenue, Suite C3 2105 Osuna Road NE Phoenix, Arizona 85051 Albuquerque, NM 87113
[email protected] [email protected] Dear Messrs. Bernhardt, Perdue, Humphrey, and Willey, and Mses. Christiansen, Skipwith, Lueders, and Kohrman, RE: Sixty‐Day Notice of Intent to Sue if you fail to remedy your Endangered Species Act Violations threatening the Mexican Spotted Owl in Arizona and New Mexico. The U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary, U.S. Forest Service ("USFS") Chief, Forest Service Southwestern Region Regional Forester, the U.S. Secretary of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ("USFWS") Director, USFWS Region 2 Director, USFWS Arizona Ecological Services Director and USFWS New Mexico Ecological Services Director are hereby notified that the Center for Biological Diversity and Maricopa Audubon Society intend to file suit, pursuant to the citizen suit provision of the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”), 16 U.S.C.