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Service Lists Suwannee Alligator Snapping Turtle as Threatened with a 4(d) Rule

Endangered Species Law

Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) issued a final rule listing the Suwannee alligator snapping turtle ( Macrochelids suwanniensis ) as a threatened species with a 4(d) rule under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).

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First Aid for Agencies: Accountability in USDA’s Wildlife Services Program is a Century Overdue

Vermont Law

In an equally appalling revelation, the Center’s petition also challenges the USDA’s multiple federal statute violations—including Endangered Species Act violations—in implementing its Wildlife Services program. Lara began her academic career studying Evolutionary Biology and Ecology at the University of Colorado in Boulder.

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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

The court rejected the argument that claims against the original and 2012 versions of the LCFS were moot, noting that these earlier versions affected how credits were calculated under the 2015 version. The government also asserted that the MBTA and Eagle Act claims were barred by controlling precedent.

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How a Federal Drought Relief Program Left Southern Oregon Parched—and Contributed to the Ongoing Groundwater Crisis in the West

Circle of Blue

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.

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Dusky Gopher Frog’s Louisiana Critical Habitat Spawns U.S. Supreme Court Writ

The Energy Law

In 2001, the USFWS listed the dusky gopher frog as an endangered species. In July 2012, the USFWS designated 6,477 acres as federal, state, and private lands as critical habitat for the species, including the subject 1,544 acres of private land in St. The Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C.

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Fifth Circuit Rejects EPA’s Overreaching on CAA and MBTA

The Energy Law

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.

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Policy News: October 10, 2022

ESA

The proposed rule finds that the freshwater fish species is threatened by agricultural water use in the region and dams. This rule reverses the policy of previous administrations – in 2012, USFWS determined that listing the distinct population segment was “warranted but precluded” by higher priority actions.

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