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This week we filed our final trial court brief in our challenge to the Endangered Species Act listing of the coastal California gnatcatcher. We argue that the gnatcatcher should not be listed as a distinct "subspecies." The Service and the environmental intervenors contend that the listing should be upheld because the Service used the best availabl ...

Today, we filed our opening merits brief in our challenge to the federal Endangered Species Act listing of the coastal California gnatcatcher. Our lawsuit takes aim at the taxonomic foundation of the listing, namely, whether the gnatcatcher---a diminutive songbird that inhabits very prime real estate in parts of coastal and inland Southern Californ ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service should not be allowed to hide the ball from the public when determining which species can be listed under the Endangered Species Act—especially when the agency's decisions can cost Americans billions of dollars. That is why today PLF attorneys filed, on behalf of a broad coalition of property rights, sound scien ...

This week, PLF submitted a notice of intent to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over caption id="attachment_46239" align="alignright" width="300" California gnatcatcher (USFWS)/caption the agency's denial last year of our petition to delist the coastal California gnatcatcher from the Endangered Species Act. The petition sought the gnatc ...

Today, the Fish & Wildlife Service announced a positive 90-day finding on our petition to delist the coastal California gnatcatcher.  The Service has determined that our petition presents substantial information indicating that the bird's delisting may be warranted.  Our petition argues that a 2013 taxonomic study by Dr. Robert Zink of the Un ...

Earlier this year, the Foundation filed a petition on behalf of property rights and building industry groups to challenge the continued listing of the coastal California gnatcatcher under the Endangered Species Act.  The nub of the petition is that new scientific studies---including a mitochondrial DNA and nuclear DNA analysis by Dr. Robert Zink o ...

caption id="attachment_27556" align="alignright" width="300" Coastal California Gnatcatcher (photo: USFWS)/caption Today, PLF filed a new delisting petition with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, on behalf of interested property rights groups, requesting that the agency delist the coastal California gnatcatcher under the Endangered Spec ...