Adverse decision in California gray wolf listing challenge
Yesterday we received an adverse decision from the San Diego Superior Court in California Cattlemen's Association v. California Fish & Game Commission, our challenge to the Commission's decision to list the gray wolf under the California Endangered Species Act. Our lawsuit raised three arguments against the listing, which the Department of Fis ...
New brief: PLF challenges gray wolf ‘endangered’ listing in California
A single sighting of a wolf that had crossed over into California from Oregon—that's all it took for Golden State bureaucrats to declare the gray wolf as a protected species under the state's Endangered Species Act (ESA). That ill-fated decision has significant implications for farmers, ranchers and other property owners in California. Yesterd ...
Opening brief filed in gray wolf listing challenge
Today we filed our opening brief in our challenge, on behalf of the California Cattlemen's Association and the California Farm Bureau Federation, to the listing of the gray wolf under the California Endangered Species Act. We make three basic arguments. First, the listing violates the Act's limitation to native flora and fauna, because it is bas ...
PLF Challenges “Endangered” Listing of Gray Wolf
PLF's Director of Communications Harold Johnson speaks with PLF Senior Attorney Damien Schiff, Kirk Wilbur of the California Cattlemen's Association and Kathy DeForest, a rancher in Modoc County California, about the California's endangered species listing of the Gray Wolf. The California Fish and Game Commission has neglected sound scientific a ...
PLF, farmers, and ranchers challenge state’s ‘endangered’ listing of gray wolf
SACRAMENTO, CA; January 31, 2017: The California Fish and Game Commission has neglected sound scientific analysis, undermined sensible wildlife protections — and violated state law — by unjustifiably adding the gray wolf to the state’s list of “endangered” species. So argues a lawsuit filed today by Pacific Legal Foundation on behalf of the California Cattlemen’s […]
Challenge to California’s gray wolf listing
This morning, we commenced our challenge to the California Fish and Game Commission's listing of the gray wolf under the state's Endangered Species Act. Brought on behalf of the California Cattlemen's Association, the California Farm Bureau Federation, and their members, the lawsuit contends that the Commission's listing is illegal for three reason ...
Ranchers challenge ‘endangered’ listing of gray wolf
The listing of the California Gray Wolf as an endangered species has caused ranchers throughout the state concerned of the damage caused by wolves. The California Fish and Game Commission has neglected sound scientific analysis, undermined sensible wildlife protections — and violated state law — by unjustifiably adding the gray wolf to the s ...
Mexican Wolf releases challenged
For more than 18 years, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has released captive-bred Mexican gray wolves into the wilds of New Mexico. These wolves are deemed "nonessential" populations because they are not critical to the survival of the species as a whole. But they are critical to the survival of other species on which the wolves prey such as ...
Gray wolf protections spell trouble for ranchers
Last month's decision by the California Fish & Game Commission to protect the gray wolf under the California Endangered Species Act raises significant legal and policy questions. Check out this oped in The Sacramento Bee for more reasons why the Commission's decision is the wrong one. ...
California ranchers concerned about the gray wolf
Last week, The Sacramento Bee reported on the concerns of ranchers in Northern California's Siskiyou County about how to deal with the influx of the gray wolf into the state, especially in light of the California Fish and Game Commission's recent decision to protect the wolf under the California Endangered Species Act. The ranchers' jitters also fo ...