National Audubon Soc'y v. Hester

ELR Citation: ELR 20940
No(s). 86-5086 (D.C. Cir. Jun 10, 1986)

The court holds that the Fish and Wildlife Service's (FWS') decision to remove all remaining California condors from the wild was a reasonable exercise of agency discretion and did not violate either the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) or the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The court initiall...