Last December we reported on Siskiyou County Farm Bureau’s court victory against the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. The Department was demanding that farmers and ranchers seek a permit under the Fish and Game Code simply to exercise their … Continue reading
Last week, the Committee on Ecological Risk Assessment of the National Academy of Sciences released a report urging reform in the registration of pesticides under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act. The report focuses on Endangered Species Act consultation … Continue reading
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has petitioned the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to include Lolita – a killer whale and the biggest attraction at Miami’s Seaquarium for more than 40 years – as a member of the Southern … Continue reading
Environment — Endangered Species – Wolverine We filed our comments on the listing of the Wolverine as a “distinct population segment” of a subspecies. The problem here is that the Endangered Species Act does not countenance the listing of such … Continue reading
PLF attorneys filed public comments today urging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to reconsider its proposal to list a distinct population segment (DPS) of wolverines in the United States as a threatened species. We argue that the proposed rule, … Continue reading
Representative Raul Grijalva of Arizona is a prominent green politician; indeed, many environmental organizations promoted his (now unsuccessful) candidacy to replace Ken Salazar as Secretary of the Interior. Representative Grijalva published earlier this week in Roll Call an oped entitled, … Continue reading
Two weeks ago, we filed a petition in the D.C. Circuit Court asking the en banc court to rehear the panel decision that upheld the listing of the polar bear as a threatened species. That petition outlined three major errors … Continue reading