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You’re Gonna Hear Me Roar: How the Tragic Death of One Lion May Provide Protection for Candidate Endangered Species and Answer Controversial Questions about Trophy Hunting

Vermont Law

the CECIL Act. which includes an amendment to the Endangered Species Act and a government-funded study on the pros and cons of trophy hunting. Candidate Species. The purpose of the amendment is to change which species the importation and exportation provision of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) protects.

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Community Science to the Rescue

Academy of Natural Sciences

More closely related to arachnids such as spiders and scorpions, these ancient creatures, with their iconic shells and long spiny tails, have lived in the coastal waters of the Atlantic Ocean for millions of years. Meanwhile, hemispheric efforts to save horseshoe crabs are being led by the Horseshoe Crab Recovery Coalition (HCRC).

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ESA Policy News: October 24, 2022

ESA

Notably, Kimmerer is the author of the 2013 New York Times bestseller Braiding Sweetgrass. NOAA – Public Comment of the Interagency Working Group on Ocean Acidification (IWG-OA). NOAA NMFS – Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants: Proposed Rule to List the Queen Conch as Threatened Under the Endangered Species Act.

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October 2019 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Circuit Ruled that EPA Must Consider Endangered Species in Setting Renewable Fuel Standards. Circuit Court of Appeals sent the 2018 Renewable Fuel Standards rule back to EPA after finding that EPA failed to comply with requirements of the Endangered Species Act. The complaint alleged that the U.S.

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The U.S. Has Spent More Than $2 Billion on a Plan to Save Salmon. The Fish Are Vanishing Anyway.

Circle of Blue

Hatcheries like the Carson National Fish Hatchery, pictured here, breed millions of salmon and let them grow until they are mature enough to be released so they can try to swim to the ocean. Nearly 250 million young salmon, most of them from hatcheries, head to the ocean each year — roughly three times as many as before any dams were built.

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May 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Columbia Climate Law

Montana Federal Court Vacated Nationwide Permit Due to Corps of Engineers Failure to Initiate Consultation Under Endangered Species Act. The court found that there was “resounding evidence” in the record that authorized discharges may affect endangered and threatened species and critical habitat and that the U.S.

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Policy News: January 18, 2022

ESA

Judge orders USFWS to reconsider 2019 decision to not list the Yellowstone bison under the Endangered Species Act. A draft of IPBES’ thematic assessment of invasive alien species and their control is open for review. This move reverts the area to the previous management plan, finalized in 2013, which protected 11.2

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