Maryland: Governance
The Department of the Environment adopted new regulations governing the Marine Contractors Licensing Board. The regulations establish, among other things, four tiers or categories of marine contractor licenses.
Swan View Coalition v. Haaland
A magistrate judge recommended summary judgment be granted in part and denied in part for environmental groups in a challenge to the Forest Service's 2018 revision to the forest management plan for Flathead National Forest. The groups argued the Forest Service and FWS failed to rationally consider t...
Defenders of Wildlife v. United States Forest Service
The Tenth Circuit affirmed dismissal of an environmental group's petition to review FWS' revised land management plan for the Rio Grande National Forest. The group argued FWS' biological opinion (BiOp), which concluded the plan would not likely jeopardize the Canada lynx's continued existence, faile...