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Ninth Circuit Finds Federal Agencies Violated National Environmental Policy Act and Endangered Species Act in Approving Offshore Oil Facility

Ninth Circuit Finds Federal Agencies Violated National Environmental Policy Act and Endangered Species Act in Approving Offshore Oil Facility

By James Purvis Various conservation groups brought suit challenging the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau [...]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Finalizes Regulatory Definition for the Term ‘Habitat’ as Used in the Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Finalizes Regulatory Definition for the Term ‘Habitat’ as Used in the Endangered Species Act

By Paige Gosney In December 2020, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) finalized for the [...]

Endangered Species Act Update: Sweeping Regulations Already Adopted, with More Proposed, Will Profoundly Alter Implementation of the Act

Endangered Species Act Update: Sweeping Regulations Already Adopted, with More Proposed, Will Profoundly Alter Implementation of the Act

By David C. Smith and Jennifer Lynch The federal Endangered Species Act (ESA or the Act) [...]

Ninth Circuit Affirms Order Vacating the Delisting of the Yellowstone Grizzly Population

Ninth Circuit Affirms Order Vacating the Delisting of the Yellowstone Grizzly Population

By James Purvis The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) issued a final rule removing the [...]