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Delta smelt, move over : somebody new in town

February 03, 2011 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Author:  Damien M. Schiff Last year, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service denied a petition to list the Sacramento Delta population of the longfin smelt.  But the Service this week, in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity, agreed to reconsider its denial, which was based on its conclusion that  ...

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More lawsuits filed concerning the Sacramento Delta

November 17, 2009 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Author:  Damien M. Schiff Last Friday, the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) filed two Endangered Species Act (ESA) lawsuits concerning two Sacramento Delta species.  One lawsuit challenges the failure of the United States Fish and Wildife Service to respond to a CBD petition to uplist the currently "threatened& ...