On May 20, 2024, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service published a final rule listing the dunes sagebrush lizard as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. The listing does not include a designation of critical habitat....more
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“Service”) has issued a proposed rule that would designate critical habitat for the Barrens topminnow (“Bt”) under the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”)....more
On March 5, 2024, the Center for Biological Diversity and several other groups submitted a petition to the California Fish and Game Commission (the Commission) to list the western burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia hypugaea)...more
Over three years ago, the Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) gave Clean Water Act 404 permitting powers to the State of Florida. A few days ago, a judge at the U.S. District Court for the District of...more
“Error: 404 not found.” The dreaded message you see when you visit a website that no longer exists. A District of Columbia federal district court judge ended the existence of Florida’s “404 program” (for protection of federal...more
The Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) sent a February 21st Notice of Intent to Sue (“NOI”) to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“Service”) for an alleged violation of the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”). ...more
On February 1, 2024, the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) filed an amended complaint (Complaint) in the U.S. District Court of Arizona, alleging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) failed to timely analyze the...more
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (“Ninth Circuit”) addressed in a December 4th Opinion an issue arising out of the federal Endangered Species Act (“ESA”). See Center for Biological Diversity, et al. v....more
The Center for Biological Diversity and Maricope Audubon Society (collectively, “Audubon”) filed a November 2nd Complaint for Declaratory Judgment and Injunctive Relief (“Complaint”) in the United States District Court for...more
The Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) filed a September 27th Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief (“Complaint”) in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia against the United States Fish...more
The United States District Court for the District of Arizona (“Court”) addressed in an August 18th Order an alleged violation by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) of the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”)....more
The Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“Service”) entered into a July 24th Stipulated Settlement Agreement (“Settlement”) setting an Endangered Species Act (“ESA”) listing...more
The Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) filed a Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief (“Complaint”) in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona against the United States Fish and Wildlife...more
On May 17, 2023, in Center for Biological Diversity v. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (CBD v. FWS), the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals set aside parts of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (FWS) designation of critical...more
Last week, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued a ruling allowing the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) to continue pursuing its large Endangered Species Act (ESA) lawsuit against the U.S. Fish and...more
The Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) issued a February 7th news release stating that it has sent a Notice of Intent to Sue (“NOI”) the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“Service”) for delaying listing under the...more
The Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) filed a Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief (“Complaint”) against the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“Service”) in the United States District Court for the...more
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“Service”) issued a pre-Federal Register publication final rule removing the snail darter from the federal Endangered Species Act (“ESA”) List of Endangered and Threatened...more
On Wednesday, September 14, 2022, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (the Service) published a rule proposing to list the tricolored bat (Perimyotis subflavus) as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA, or...more
The Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) sent an August 15th Notice of Intent to Sue (“NOI”) to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and Department of the Interior (collectively, “Service”) alleging violation of the...more
The Center for Biological Diversity and two other organizations (collectively “CBD”) submitted a June 8th Petition to the United States Department of Interior and United States Fish and Wildlife Service (collectively “USFWS”)...more
The Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) filed a Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief (“Complaint”) in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona against the United States Environmental...more
The Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) and Kentucky Resources Council (collectively “CBD”) sent a 60-day Notice of Intent (“NOI”) to Sue the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“Service”) and United States Army...more
The Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) submitted a Petition to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“Service”) requesting that the southern bog turtle be designated as an endangered or threatened species under...more
This Client Alert—Part 2 of an ongoing series—provides an overview of one of EPA’s key objectives in its draft Strategic Plan: Developing resilience and adaptation to climate change impacts. Other alerts in the series can be...more