ELR Citation: 55 ELR 20090
No(s). 24-3148 (9th Cir. Jul 11, 2025)

In an unpublished opinion, the Ninth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for NMFS in Alaska's challenge to the Service's negative 90-day finding on the state's petition to delist the Arctic ringed seal as a threatened species under the ESA. The appellate court found NMFS reasonably determined that new...