The Ninth Circuit, 2-1, reversed a district court ruling that set aside a land exchange agreement between the Secretary of the Interior and an Alaska Native village company that wished to build a road through Izembek National Wildlife Refuge to allow access to a nearby city. The district court had h...
A district court denied summary judgment for landowners in Idaho who sought to halt construction of a public recreational trail across their ranch. The landowners argued the Forest Service violated the ESA by failing to complete §7 consultation with FWS; the CWA by failing to disclose the nature of...
USDA proposed amendments to the National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances section of the agency's organic regulations under the Organic Foods Production Act.
A district court halted construction of a proposed high-voltage transmission line through the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge. Environmental groups challenged FWS' original compatibility determination for the transmission line, which granted utility companies a right-of-way...
The Natural Resources Conservation Service announced its intention to issue a series of revised conservation practice standards in the National Handbook of Conservation Practices (NHCP) and seeks comment on specified conservation practice standards in the NHCP.
FWS and NOAA announced their intent to draft and seek input on a monument management plan for the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument.
The D.C. Circuit dismissed as moot Alaska's challenge to the Forest Service's 2001 Roadless Rule. The challenge centered on the Roadless Rule's impact on the Tongass National Forest, which the USDA exempted from the rule in 2020, but the state argued it should be allowed to proceed because the exemp...
The Commodity Credit Corporation seeks comment on the priorities and program design of the Climate-Smart Agriculture and Forestry Partnership program that would facilitate the expansion of markets for climate-smart agriculture commodities.
A district court granted summary judgment for the Forest Service in environmental groups' lawsuit concerning federally permitted livestock grazing in Colville National Forest. The groups argued the Service violated NEPA and the National Forest Management Act (NMFA) by failing to adequately assess th...
The president issued Exec. Order No. 14037, Strengthening American Leadership in Clean Cars and Trucks, calling for new rulemakings to promote clean and efficient cars and trucks in the United States and setting a goal that 50% of all new passenger cars and light trucks sold in 2030 be zero emission vehicles.