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Stacey Bosshardt

With more than two decades of experience, Stacey Bosshardt is a “go to” litigator and strategist for complex environmental, natural resources, and public lands matters, representing mining, transmission, renewable energy, real estate, and governmental clients in high-stakes litigation and regulatory challenges throughout the country. She is recognized for her courtroom advocacy and her ability to help clients in litigation brought in an emergency posture; she has represented clients in dozens of motions for preliminary injunctive relief and related appellate proceedings. Stacey also advises clients during the permitting process, drawing on her experience defending project decisions in court to create the most favorable record possible in the event a lawsuit is filed.

Stacey’s practice focuses on cases involving major federal environmental statutes, including the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Endangered Species Act, National Historic Preservation Act, Clean Water Act, Federal Land Policy Management Act, Mineral Leasing Act, and Administrative Procedure Act. She is a frequent speaker and author on environmental and administrative law topics. Stacey regularly has handled litigation challenging permits, approvals, and plans for transmission lines, renewable energy facilities, pipelines, mining operations, real estate developments and major infrastructure projects. She also represents state transportation agencies.

On Nov. 21, 2025, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) released four proposed rules to revise its Endangered Species Act (ESA) implementing regulations, all of which would apply only

Continue Reading Wildlife Agencies Issue Four Proposed Rules to Revert Endangered Species Act Practices to 2019 Interpretations

On November 17, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers (the Corps) announced a proposed rule (PR) to revise the definition of “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) by excluding several types of waters from the definition of WOTUS in their respective regulations (40 C.F.R. § 120.2 and 33 C.F.R. § 328.3).
Continue Reading The Never-Ending Rule: EPA and Army Corps of Engineers Propose Narrowing the Post-Sackett Definition of ‘Waters of the United States’