Wildlife (generally)

A district court granted in part environmental groups' motion for vacatur and injunctive relief in a lawsuit concerning BLM's approval of land management plans designating route networks for off-…

The Ninth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for BLM in a challenge to the Bureau's approval of a contract with a livestock company for a new off-range corral on private land in Winnemucca, Nevada…

The First Circuit affirmed a district court's dismissal of a challenge to a Maine rule that requires all lobstermen in the state to install electronic tracking devices on their vessels and share…

A district court denied citizen groups' motion to stay or preliminarily enjoin further construction on an offshore wind farm off the coast of New York and New Jersey. The groups argued the project…

A district court granted summary judgment for an environmental group in a challenge to the Forest Service's authorization of a project to eradicate rainbow trout and replace them with Yellowstone…

A district court granted in part and denied in part summary judgment for conservation groups in a challenge to FWS' approval of a watershed restoration project in the Mattamuskett National…

A district court denied fishing vessel owners' motion for summary judgment in a challenge to an NMFS rule that sometimes requires vessels fishing for Atlantic herring to bear costs associated with…

The Tenth Circuit reversed a district court ruling in challenges to BLM's 2022 amendments to its regional management plan for wild horses in southern Wyoming that changed two "herd management…

A district court dismissed a lawsuit brought by a fishing group challenging NMFS' adoption of an amendment to a fisheries management plan (FMP) for salmon fisheries in the exclusive economic zone…

A district court denied summary judgment for a citizen group in a challenge to NMFS' issuance of incidental harassment authorizations (IHAs) and a letter of authorization (LOA) to wind…