ELR Citation: 52 ELR 20073
No(s). 21-601 (RJL) (D.D.C. Jun 24, 2022) (Leon, J.)

A district court dismissed a challenge to FWS rules delaying the effective date of a January 2021 rule that designated portions of Washington, Oregon, and California as critical habitat for the northern spotted owl. A trade group and counties throughout the Pacific Northwest sought to vacate the "de...