ELR Citation: 41 ELR 20252
No(s). s. CV 11-70-M-DWM, -71-M-DWM (D. Mont. Aug 3, 2011)

A district court upheld the constitutionality of an appropriations rider that reinstated an FWS rule that removed ESA protections for the Northern Rocky Mountain gray wolf in all areas outside of Wyoming. The court previously held that the rule violated the ESA because it protected a listed species ...