Western Watersheds Project v. United States Fish & Wildlife Service

ELR Citation: 42 ELR 20036
No(s). 4:10-CV-229 (D. Idaho Feb 2, 2012) (Winmill, J.)

A district court upheld the FWS' "warranted-but-precluded" finding for the sage-grouse under the ESA. An environmental group challenged the “precluded” portion of the “warranted-but-precluded” decision, focusing on a key finding by the Director of the FWS that the threats to the sage-grouse ...