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Broken promises

December 30, 2010 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

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 ...

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Polar bear remand a blow to environmentalists

December 22, 2010 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

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 ...

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Should Vicki Luhrs Have to Watch Her Dream Home Wash Away? PLF Case Covered by Fox News

March 24, 2010 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

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 … ...

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Environmentalists demand incorrect and expansive interpretation of Endangered Species Act

January 13, 2010 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

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 ...