ELR Citation: ELR 20165
No(s). 07-5179 (D.C. Cir. Jul 8, 2008)

The D.C. Circuit upheld the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's denial of a petition to list the westslope cutthroat trout as a threatened species based on its interbreeding with other trout species. Environmental groups argued that the government's decision not to list the species was arbitrary and ca...