Author: Reed Hopper Utah officials are not very happy with the Secretary of Interior's latest land grab. Nor should they be. As reported in the Salt Lake Tribune, Secretary Salazar is recanting on a hard fought settlement agreement and unilaterally making new law. Interior Department Secretary Ken Salazar annou ...
Author: Reed Hopper At the October, 2010, hearing involving multiple challenges to the listing of the polar bear as a "threatened" species, including a suit by the Pacific Legal Foundation, the judge determined he could not resolve the case until the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service explained how it i ...
Author: Brian T. Hodges On Monday, Fox & Friends aired an interview with PLF client Vicki Luhrs about her 10 year struggle to save her Lummi Island home from shoreline erosion. See PLF's media advisory here. In 1992, Vicki and her husband bought their dream retirement property. Their home sits above a coastal bluff with … ...
Author: Daniel Himebaugh The New York Times recently reported that more than 100 environmentalists sent a letter to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar asking him to rescind a 2007 Interior Solicitor's memorandum which interprets a key provision of the Endangered Species Act. This move by environmentalists could have a significant impact on E ...