Enviromental Defense
JANUARY 26, 2024
In Ontario, there are currently over 200 species of plants and animals at risk of extinction. These species are the most vulnerable and require species-specific conservation efforts to survive. Unfortunately, changes to regulations in recent years clearly highlight Ontario’s lack of effort to protect these species.
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). Bureau of Reclamation (2016, February). In 1988, the U.S. Bibliography.
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Columbia Climate Law
SEPTEMBER 19, 2018
Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and NOAA Marine Fisheries (NMFS) issued a sweeping proposal to amend key provisions of the Endangered Species Act (ESA), including provisions pertaining to listing decisions, critical habitat designations, and interagency consultations. By Jessica Wentz. In July, the U.S.
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). 24, 2016); Alaska Oil & Gas Association v. 451962/2016 (N.Y.
Vermont Law
NOVEMBER 29, 2017
gray wolves (Canis lupus) under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), which gave them federal protection from hunting, killing, and otherwise harassing. In addition to listing an entire species, USFWS can classify a particular population of a species as a. animals were killed by wolves in Wyoming alone in 2016.
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. 2016 WL 3568093, at *1-2 (5th Cir. June 30, 2016). Markle Interests, L.L.C.
The Energy Law Blog
JULY 28, 2017
The USFWS’ critical habitat designation was upheld by Judge Feldman in the Eastern District of Louisiana in 2014, affirmed by a 2-1 decision in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in 2016, and denied an en banc rehearing by an 8-6 vote of the Fifth Circuit in February 2017. The Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C.
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