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Preble’s jumping mouse lawsuit notice given

July 23, 2018 | By DAMIEN SCHIFF

Today, PLF provided notice to the Secretary of Interior and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service of its intent to bring suit to challenge the Service’s denial of the petition to delist the Preble’s meadow jumping mouse. The petition, which PLF submitted on behalf of a broad coalition of Colorado and Wyoming property owners and … ...

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Preble’s delisting petition denied

April 18, 2018 | By DAMIEN SCHIFF

Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service published its denial of PLF’s petition to delist the Preble’s meadow jumping mouse from the Endangered Species Act. The short finding makes two basic arguments, one procedural and one substantive. As to procedure, the petition denial observes that the genetic study PLF relied on in the petition& ...

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A jumping mouse point counterpoint

November 11, 2017 | By DAMIEN SCHIFF

Earlier this year, we submitted, on behalf of a coalition of scientists and property rights advocates, a petition to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to delist the Preble’s meadow jumping mouse from the Endangered Species Act. … ...

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PLF takes first move in effort to delist the Preble's meadow jumping mouse

February 07, 2017 | By DAMIEN SCHIFF

Late last week, PLF gave notice to the pertinent Colorado and Wyoming wildlife agencies of our intent, on behalf of a broad coalition of property rights and sound science advocates, to petition the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to delist the Preble’s meadow jumping mouse from the Endangered Species Act. The mouse’s tenure on ...

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How to stop economic development? Just find the right species and use the Endangered Species Act

December 20, 2010 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Author: Brandon Middleton Here is refreshingly candid insight from the High Country News on how environmentalists view the Endangered Species Act.  According to their viewpoint, species should be listed under the ESA not because they're about to go extinct, but because their listing will stop evil developers and entrepreneurs from creatin ...