Weekly Cases Update Volume 45, Issue 2

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Volume 44, Issue 36

Humane Society of the United States v. Jewell
ELR 202741:13-cv-00186-BAH(D.D.C., )

A district court, in a 100+-page opinion, vacated an FWS rule removing the western Great Lakes distinct population segment (DPS) of gray wolves from the ESA’s list of protected species and ordered the agency to reinstate immediately the protections for gray wolves in the affected area as these pr

Keywords:
Determination of endangered and threatened species, §4, Gray wolf
San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority v. Locke
ELR 2027612-15144 et al.(9th Cir., )

The Ninth Circuit upheld the National Marine Fisheries Service's (NMFS') biological opinion regarding the impact of continuing water extraction in the California Central Valley on certain threatened and endangered salmonid species.

Keywords:
Biological opinion, §7(b), Steelhead