NPR’s All Things Considered interviewed PLF’s Alan DeSerio about the wood stork’s imminent change from “endangered” to “threatened” status. As I wrote last month, the proposed status change comes after years of PLF pressuring the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service … Continue reading
Friday, the Palm Beach Post ran an op-ed by Alan DeSerio, managing attorney for PLF’s Atlantic Center in Florida. DeSerio responds to an op-ed run by the paper, which portrayed an imaginary version of PLF’s involvement in the FWS’s proposed … Continue reading
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: Reed Hopper Although U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologists have recommended reclassifying the wood stork from endangered to threatened because the stork's range and population have doubled in recent years, activists rage over the Florida Home Builders' request that … 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 Under the ESA, the Service is required to review the status of listed species every five years to determine if less or more protections are required. Unfortunately, this is a task the Service rarely performs, except under … Continue reading