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Small Populations in Jeopardy: A Delta Smelt Case Study
This Comment illustrates, through a case study of the Delta smelt BiOp, the difficulties in making ESA jeopardy determinations for species on the brink of extinction. We conclude that the myriad challenges inherent in conservation of some small and declining populations make reasoned §7 analysis difficult, bordering on impossible.
San Luis Valley Ecosystem Council v. Dallas
A district court denied conservation groups' petition to review the Forest Service's approval of a revised management plan for the Rio Grande National Forest. The groups argued the Service's approval violated the National Forest Management Act and the 2012 Planning Rule by not including species-spec...
Ondrusek v. United States Army Corps of Engineers
The Fifth Circuit reversed in part a district court's dismissal of a lawsuit brought by property owners against the city of Dallas and the Army Corps of Engineers concerning an ongoing floodway extension project. The owners argued the Corps' failure to prepare a supplemental EIS to account for new i...