A district court granted FWS' motion to vacate and remand its 2022 rule listing the northern distinct population segment (DPS) lesser prairie-chicken as threatened and the southern DPS of the…

A district court ruled for environmental groups in a challenge to FWS' 2024 finding that listing a distinct population segment (DPS) of gray wolves in the western United States under the ESA…

The D.C. Circuit affirmed dismissal of a challenge to an FWS rule downlisting the American burying beetle from endangered to threatened and to its ESA §4(d) rule establishing protections for…

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 environmental groups' motion for a preliminary injunction in a challenge to the Forest Service's and FWS' approval of a logging project in Flathead National…

A district court granted in part and denied in part environmental groups' motion for summary judgment in a challenge to the Army Corps of Engineers' and FWS' permitting of a…

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…

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…

In an unpublished opinion, the Ninth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for NMFS in Alaska's challenge to the Service's negative 90-day finding on the state's petition to delist the…

A district court granted summary judgment for environmental groups in a challenge to FWS' decision not to designate critical habitat for the eastern black rail. The groups argued the…