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.
Acoel
DECEMBER 13, 2021
The Marine Mammal Protection Act requires NMFS to prevent the depletion of endangered marine mammals that interact with commercial fisheries, the court stated, and the Endangered Species Act embodies Congress’s “plain intent. to halt and reverse the trend toward species extinction, whatever the cost.” .
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ESA
AUGUST 30, 2021
The New York Times reported in 2019 that former Interior Secretary David Bernhardt killed a study by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologists, concluding that chlorpyrifos jeopardizes the survival over 1,200 endangered species. The agency attributes the species status to declining water quality and quantity.
ESA
OCTOBER 11, 2022
The Supreme Court failed to reach a consensus in the 2006 Rapanos v. United States case and created two legal tests for determining the applicability of the Clean Water Act – Justice Anthony M. In October 2019, the agency deprioritized listing the species, citing state conservation efforts.
ESA
JUNE 14, 2021
US Fish and Wildlife Service reverses Endangered Species Act rules. In 2019, the Trump administration rolled back standards put in place under the Obama administration following the 2010 BP oil catastrophe that killed 11 people and spewed oil for five months. Executive Branch. International. Fish and Wildlife Service.
ESA
NOVEMBER 22, 2021
Fish and Wildlife Service receives $180 million for developing and carrying out Endangered Species Act recovery plans and a combined $19.4 Agency biologists warned Trump administration appointees that removing a large amount of critical habitat for the species would result in the eventual extinction of the Northern Spotted Owl.
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