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Conservation Center for Biological Diversity

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Migratory Birds/Commercial Buildings: Center for Biological Diversity Petitions U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to Set Up...

The Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) and 27 other bird and wildlife conservation organizations from 23 states submitted a Petition to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“Service”) styled: Petition for...more

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Group Seeks Permitting Requirement for Bird Deaths at Commercial Buildings

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On September 4, 2024, the Center for Biological Diversity, along with more than 20 other groups, (collectively, CBD) delivered a petition (Petition) to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) in which CBD requested the...more

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Groups Petition California Fish and Game Commission to List Western Burrowing Owl

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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

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Conservation Easement/Endangered Species Act: Citizen Suit Action Challenges U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Biological Opinion...

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

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Dunes Sagebrush Lizard Back in Court

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On May 19, 2022, the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico, challenging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (Service) failure to make a timely...more

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D.C. Circuit Shuts Down Challenge to Species Status Assessments

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In a per curiam decision, the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit dismissed the Center for Biological Diversity’s (CBD) challenge to the Fish and Wildlife Service’s (Service) process for assessing the status...more

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Court Remands Northern Long-eared Bat Listing Back to USFWS

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Yesterday, in Center for Biological Diversity v. Everson?, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia overturned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (USFWS) decision to list the northern long-eared bat...more

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Settlement Agreement Requires Grizzly Bear Status Review

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The U.S. District Court for the District of Montana has approved a partial settlement between the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) requiring that the Service complete and...more

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Aquatic Turtle Harvesting: Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Approves New Regulations

The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission (“AG&FC”) approved new regulations that are described as regulating and more closely monitoring the commercial harvest of aquatic turtles in Arkansas. The Center for Biological...more

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Listing Proposals/Endangered Species Act: Center for Biological Diversity June 8th Request to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service...

The Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) sent a June 8th letter to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“Service”) urging completion of Endangered Species Act (“ESA”) status reviews and listing proposals for 23...more

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Projecting the Future: Court Upholds Listing for Bearded Seals - Ninth Circuit Decision Based on Projections of Climate Change...

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In Alaska Oil & Gas Ass'n v. Pritzker, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently upheld a rule listing two species of seals as "threatened" under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) based on climate change...more

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National Marine Fisheries Service Concludes Iliamna Lake Harbor Seals Are Not Distinct Population, Denies Endangered Species Act...

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The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) recently completed its review of the status of eastern North Pacific harbor seals (Phoca vitulina richardii) in Iliamna Lake, Alaska, a large freshwater lake in Alaska connected to...more

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Determines that Listing of Sierra Nevada Red Fox is Warranted at the Distinct Population Segment...

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In a notice published on October 8, 2015, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announced its proposed 12-month finding on the Center for Biological Diversity’s (CBD) petition to list the Sierra Nevada red fox (Vulpes...more

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