ELR Citation: 55 ELR 20109
No(s). MO:23-CV-000047-DC and MO:23-CV-00049-DC (W.D. Tex. Aug 12, 2025) (Counts, J.)

A district court granted FWS' motion to vacate and remand its 2022 rule listing the northern distinct population segment (DPS) lesser prairie-chicken as threatened and the southern DPS of the species as endangered. Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and an oil and gas group sued FWS, arguing it improperly app...