National Law Center

MARCH 30, 2023

The post Texas Sues FWS Over Decision to List the Lesser Prairie-Chicken Under the Endangered Species Act appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center. On March 22, 2023, the State of Texas filed a lawsuit against the Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS”) over its recent.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 12, 2025

Bill 5 would give the Premier and his cabinet unprecedented control over the province, including the ability to exempt individuals and corporations from provincial and municipal laws and bypass consultation with Indigenous communities. Even if you take away all your environmental laws and protections our laws live on.

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MARCH 28, 2024

On March 18, three advocacy organizations and their members filed a lawsuit challenging an offshore wind project against the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM).

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Endangered Species Law

JANUARY 7, 2025

Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announced that, following the completion of the Service’s 5-year status review (5-year Review) of the golden-cheeked warbler ( Setophaga chrysopharia ) (GCWA), the agency is recommending the species be downlisted from endangered to threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 30, 2023

In the previous three years, Congress had passed NEPA, the Clean Air Act, and the Clean Water Act. Continuing the legislative wave, 1973 saw the passage of the Endangered Species Act (ESA. One subject stood outside the political turmoil: environmental law. The first EPA Administrator took office in 1971.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 6, 2022

A California appeals court ruled last week that bumblebees are fish and are therefore protected by the California Endangered Species Act (CESA). The root of the problem is the way different parts of California law fit together. There’s a definition of fish elsewhere in that law that sweeps pretty broadly.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 28, 2025

Why might we have an environmental review statute such as NEPA when we already have a range of other environmental protection statutes such as the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, and more? One possibility is that NEPA serves as a back-stop for other environmental laws, filling in gaps they do not cover.

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Endangered Species Law

MARCH 29, 2024

Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) (collectively, the Services) made available pre-publication versions of the agencies’ long-awaited updates to regulations implementing sections 4 and 7 of the Endangered Species Act (ESA).

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National Law Center

JUNE 11, 2024

The Endangered Species Act (“ESA”) is widely recognized as one of the strongest wildlife protection laws in the world. The post Ag & the ESA: When a Species is Listed “Wherever Found” appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center. The primary.

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Endangered Species Law

JUNE 17, 2021

The American Bar Association has published a newly revised edition of its tome Endangered Species Act: Law, Policy, and Perspective. The volume also covers related topics including state-level and international efforts to protect wildlife.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 26, 2021

The same is true in environmental law. Was it a fundamental paradigm shift, re-centering the law on new values? With all this in mind, here are the cases that I see as making up the canon and anti-canons of environmental law. This was a case under the Endangered Species Act. American Trucking Associations.

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Endangered Species Law

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

This January, the Department of the Interior and the Department of Commerce announced updated civil monetary penalties for violations of federal wildlife and natural resource protection laws including the Endangered Species Act (ESA), Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act (BGEPA), Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation (..)

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Vorys Law

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) proposed listing the monarch butterfly as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). On December 12, 2024, the U.S.

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National Law Center

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

On February 6, 2023, a federal judge in California issued a ruling concluding that the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”) preempted an. The post Judge Issues Ruling in Klamath River Dispute appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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Endangered Species Law

MARCH 3, 2023

On February 28, 2023, I published a post on the Center for California Water Resources Policy and Management’s DeltaCurrents blog discussing Species Status Assessments (SSAs) as a tool to facilitate implementation of the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA).

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Endangered Species Law

JANUARY 17, 2025

The decision comes on the heels of the agency’s recent recommendation to downlist the GCWA from endangered to threatened. Fish & Wildlife Service (Service) will publish a positive 90-day finding on a 2016 petition (Petition) to delist the golden-cheeked warbler ( Setophaga chrysoparia ) (GCWA).

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Endangered Species Act. is “the most comprehensive legislation for the preservation of endangered species ever enacted by any nation” according to the United States Supreme Court in the landmark case. One hurdle is that the law polls well with the public—nearly. So, how likely are these bills to become law?

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Endangered Species Law

APRIL 9, 2025

” The federal Endangered Species Act deals with a different type of “taking.” ” Section 9 of the Endangered Species Act generally prohibits any person from “taking” any species of fish or wildlife listed as endangered. 16 U.S.C § 1538.

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Endangered Species Law

JULY 7, 2021

In an article published this week in California Fish and Wildlife , co-authors Stephanie Clark, Ashley Remillard and I provide an overview of the process of determining whether to list species as threatened or endangered, and thereby protect them, under the California Endangered Species Act (CESA).

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 4, 2022

With degrees in environmental science and the law, Sligh has a foot in both the science and policy worlds and a unique perspective on their intersection. The most useful evidence to support legal actions demonstrate violations of environmental protections afforded by laws like the Endangered Species Act and the Clean Water Act.

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Endangered Species Law

JUNE 28, 2023

On June 22, 2023, the U.S.

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Endangered Species Law

MAY 12, 2021

Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) recently announced its finding that three salamander species do not warrant listing as endangered or threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). samweli ), and Wintu salamander ( H. wintu ).

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National Law Center

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Over the past year, the environmental law arena has seen various issues and developments that have had impacts on agriculture. The post Top Environmental Law Topics from 2022 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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Endangered Species Law

APRIL 4, 2025

District Court for the Western District of Texas (District Court) vacated the Endangered Species Act (ESA) special 4(d) rule for the northern distinct population segment (DPS) of the lesser prairie-chicken (LEPC). The 4(d) rule had prohibited, in most circumstances, “take” of the species’ northern DPS.

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Law and Environment

AUGUST 4, 2023

This post isn’t about the Oregon spotted frog or even about the Endangered Species Act as a whole. billion is a lot of money to spend on species recovery or whether it will be “worth it” to save the Oregon spotted frog. first appeared on Law and the Environment. billion over 40 years. It’s not about whether $2.7

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National Law Center

OCTOBER 10, 2024

On September 25, 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released its Vulnerable Species Action Plan (“VSAP”), the finalized version of its. The post EPA Releases Vulnerable Species Action Plan appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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National Law Center

JANUARY 6, 2022

Environmental law issues were at the forefront in 2021, and 2022 is shaping up to be no different. With on-going lawsuits, The post Environmental Law Topics to Watch in 2022 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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National Law Center

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

The post Ag and Food Law Daily Update: September 26, 2022 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center. A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE. .

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Law and Environment

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Last month, Judge John Hunderaker held that the Endangered Species Act requires EPA to consult with the Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service before issuing recommended water quality criteria. first appeared on Law and the Environment.

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Environmental Law Centre

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Join the Environmental Law Centre for a webinar on species at risk management as the Centre rolls out its Model Endangered Species Act (ESA) for Alberta. The Model ESA seeks.

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Environmental News Bits

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Since the Endangered Species Act was passed in 1973, it has helped hundreds of species avoid extinction in the United States. Researchers have discovered that … Continue reading Endangered Species Act isn’t working well, study finds.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 23, 2024

Ontario’s Endangered Species Act (ESA) is meant to protect and recover species-at-risk and their habitats, but does it work? the quarry proposal should be rejected if the spirit of the law is upheld given that at least 63% and at most 100% of the proposed quarry area is categorized as endangered species habitat.”

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MGKF Law

JANUARY 28, 2021

Fish and Wildlife Service ("FWS") and the National Marine Fisheries Service ("NMFS") (collectively, the "Services") finalized a rule defining the term "habitat" as used for designating "critical habitat" under the Endangered Species Act (the "ESA").

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Legal Planet

JUNE 2, 2022

Dale Goble, professor of law at University of Idaho, passed this April. As a co-author of Dale’s on our Wildlife Law casebook, I wanted to add my personal recognition of his life and work. When I first started teaching law over 15 years ago, one of my first courses was a Biodiversity Law class. Download as PDF.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

Ontario had one of the strongest endangered species laws in the world because the people of Ontario care about our natural heritage. And now the government has a new proposal – and it’s terrible for endangered species. And now the government has a new proposal – and it’s terrible for endangered species.

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National Law Center

JANUARY 14, 2022

Email important additions HERE. Judicial: The post Ag and Food Law Daily Update: January 14, 2021 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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Vermont Law

MAY 14, 2025

On the Chopping Block: Trump Administration Moves to Rescind ESA Regulations Protecting Imperiled Species By Delcianna J. Supreme Court heralded the Endangered Species Act (ESA or Act) as the most comprehensive legislation for the preservation of endangered species enacted by any nation.

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