Vermont Law
FEBRUARY 4, 2019
Ever increasing water use, and severe drought conditions, brought conflicts over water use to a head in the early 2000s when water conservation measures were taken in order to protect several fish listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Three KRB fish species are especially significant from an environmental perspective.
Endangered Species Law
AUGUST 30, 2021
Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) recently listed the Franklin’s bumble bee as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act. Historical records indicate that the species is endemic to southwest Oregon and northern California. The last known record of the species dates back to 2006.
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The Energy Law Blog
JULY 21, 2016
In 2010, under the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”), the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“the FWS”) designated 6,477 acres in Mississippi and Louisiana as “critical habitat” for the Rana sevosa or the dusky gopher frog. United States Fish & Wildlife Serv. 2016 WL 3568093, at *1-2 (5th Cir. June 30, 2016).
HumanNature
FEBRUARY 7, 2022
Polar bears were the first species to be listed under the Endangered Species Act proactively. That is, they were listed based on the preponderance of evidence supporting climate change and its effect on their sea ice habitat, and not because their numbers at the time of the 2008 listing were dire 1. 20(3):768–782.
The Energy Law Blog
SEPTEMBER 15, 2015
Specifically, the Court of Appeals concluded that the use of the words “harass” and “harm” in the Endangered Species Act and Marine Mammal Protection Act results in those statutes including negligent and unintentional acts within the definition of “take,” and found it persuasive that the MBTA does not include those words among the prohibited acts.
Law Columbia
NOVEMBER 1, 2016
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court decision that vacated the listing of the Beringia distinct population segment (DPS) of the Pacific bearded seal subspecies as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The plaintiffs charged that the U.S.
Circle of Blue
NOVEMBER 23, 2021
In the 1980s and ‘90s, three salmon and suckerfish species that call the Klamath Basin home were listed under the Endangered Species Act, a move that required USBR to limit surface water for farming during droughts to protect the fishes’ habitats. Geological Survey report.
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