Conservancy of Southwest Florida v. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

ELR Citation: 42 ELR 20103
No(s). 11-11915 (11th Cir. Apr 18, 2012)

The Eleventh Circuit upheld FWS' decision denying environmental groups' petitions to designate critical habitat for the Florida panther under the ESA. The Secretary of the Interior listed the Florida panther as an endangered species in 1967—more than a decade before the 1978 amendments required a ...