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Legal Victory Puts Hellbender Back On Track For Federal Endangered Species Protection

PA Environment Daily

Fish and Wildlife Service’s 2019 denial of Endangered Species Act protection for the eastern hellbender salamander was arbitrary and unlawful. By Waterkeeper Alliance In response to a lawsuit filed by five conservation groups, a federal judge [ ruled on September 6 ] that the U.S. District Judge Lewis J.