Law
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Two decisions from Judge Molloy today on the litigation brought by the coalition of conservation and animal rights groups against the federal government’s decision to delist the Northern Rocky Mountain Gray Wolf. The first is Judge Molloy’s decision on a motion made by the federal government requesting an extension of two weeks to respond to…
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Agencies issue plan to run Columbia dams, conserve salmon. By Jeff Bernard. Associated Press. It is very expensive, but does not remove the major problem — the dams on the lower Snake River. It may or may not meet the demands of U.S. District Judge James Redden who has been very hostile to past Administration…
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Judge Orders Bush Administration to Decide Polar Bears’ Status by May 15. VOA. The Bush Administration was pressured into considering the polar bear for endangered species status, and their strategy has been to prolong the consideration while the bears decline, oil leases are let, and their own time in office runs out. A federal judge…
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Protection weighed for sage grouse in West’s energy areas. By Scott Sonner. Associated Press.
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Wolf lawsuit on Monday. By Cory Hatch. Jackson Hole News and Guide. Eric Keszler, who speaks for Wyoming Game and Fish, says the following in the article above: “Keszler said the current [Wyoming] population can withstand the recent wolf shootings in Sublette County. He pointed out that roughly 90 percent of Wyoming’s wolves live in…
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Bighorns facing smaller habitat. San Diego Union Tribune
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Since ’01, Guarding Species Is Harder. Endangered Listings Drop Under Bush. By Juliet Eilperin. Washington Post Staff Writer. The Bush Administration has not taken the initiative to list a single species. Two have gone extinct waiting during its “watch.” As far as not having enough resources to do the job or handle the petitions, it…
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The biggest significance of this story is that the federal judge is not buying the “Kempthorne doctrine” that the term “distinct population segment” of the ESA means almost nothing. Federal District Judge Mary Murguia thinks it does, and she reversed the FWS’s 2006 bald eagle delisting decision as applies to desert-nesting bald eagles, calling it…