Yesterday, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announced its intent to downlist the wood stork from endangered to threatened. This comes after years of arm-twisting by PLF and its client, the Florida Homebuilders Association (FHA), to get the Service … Continue reading
Author: Damien M. Schiff One of the most litigated-over species in the Southwest has been the flat-tailed horned lizard. First noted as a species at risk by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service in the early 1980s, the species was … Continue reading
Author: Natasha Greer Today PLF Principal Attorney M. Reed Hopper is presenting an oral argument in the consolidated challenges to the ESA listing of the polar bear. … Continue reading
Author: Reed Hopper Builder magazine reports: Last week’s announcement by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service—that it would consider reclassifying the wood stork, a wading bird often found in South Florida’s Everglades, as "threatened" from its current "endangered" status—is the … Continue reading
Author: Reed Hopper In the midst of controversy and ongoing litigation, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced recently that the delta smelt warrants listing as endangered rather than threatened, but the listing change would not take place anytime soon. … Continue reading