A district court denied a biologist's motion to preliminarily enjoin flood control releases from the Coyote Valley Dam into the Russian River to protect ESA-listed salmon species. The biologist sought to enjoin the Army Corps of Engineers from making flood control releases unless it determines that ...
In order to comply with a district court order, FWS reinstated regulatory protections under the ESA for the gray wolf in all or portions of the 45 U.S. states and Mexico, where the species was listed at the time the delisting rule was issued.
FWS reclassified Mitracarpus polycladus from endangered to threatened under the ESA, and issued a rule under §4(d) of the Act that provides for the conservation of the species.
FWS proposed to list the oblong rocksnail as an endangered species under the ESA.
The Second Circuit affirmed summary judgment for NMFS in a challenge to its 2020 allocation rule setting summer flounder quotas for eleven states. The state of New York argued that by failing to allocate a higher quota to New York, the rule failed to account for the long-term movement of summer flou...
FWS removed Nelson’s checker-mallow from the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Plants.
FWS withdrew the proposal to remove Phyllostegia glabra var. lanaiensis from the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Plants.
FWS removed 21 species from the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife due to extinction.
FWS announced two 90-day findings on petitions to reclassify the West Indian manatee, or populations thereof, under the ESA.
A district court denied an environmental group's motion for summary judgment in a challenge to FWS' 2019 decision to reclassify the American burying beetle under the ESA from endangered to threatened. The group argued the Service violated the ESA by downlisting the beetle based on inadequate data an...