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PLF sues feds for failure to respond to Kangaroo Rat ESA petition
Last November - on behalf of our clients the Riverside County Farm Bureau and the Center for Environmental Science, Accuracy, and Reliability (CESAR) - PLF submitted a petition asking the United States Fish & Wildlife Service to delist the Stephens' kangaroo rat from protected status under the Endangered Species Act. We based the petition on a ...
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President’s weekly report — March 20, 2015
caption id="" align="alignright" width="191" USGS photo/caption Environment & Endangered Species Act -- 60-day notice filed for the Kangaroo Rat As required by the Endangered Species Act, we filed a sixty-day notice on intent to sue with the United States Fish & Wildlife Service over the Service's failure to act on our petition to del ...
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Petition to delist kangaroo rat filed
This week, we submitted, on behalf of the Riverside County Farm Bureau and the Center for Environmental Science, Accuracy, and Reliability, a petition to delist the Stephens' kangaroo rat from the Endangered Species Act. The petition is based on a new population analysis by CESAR scientists which demonstrates that prior rat studies have considerab ...
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A kangaroo rat let down
Author: Damien M. Schiff Today, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service announced its finding on the Riverside County Farm Bureau's petition to delist the Stephens Kangaroo Rat from the Endangered Species Act. The finding is the result of a PLF-led lawsuit on behalf of the Farm Bureau challenging the Service ...
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Victory in the kangaroo rat case
Author: Damien M. Schiff The Stephens Kangaroo Rat may be coming off the list of protected species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Last week, the United States District Court for the Central District of California accepted a proposed settlement between the Riverside County Farm Bureau, represented by Pacific Legal Foundation ...
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PLF lawsuit challenges delay in Stephens’ kangaroo rat delisting
Yesterday, PLF filed a lawsuit in federal court in Riverside, California, to challenge the United States Fish and Wildlife Service's continuing failure to issue a final determination on the Riverside County Farm Bureau's petition to delist the Stephens' kangaroo rat from the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The Farm Bureau submitted its original delis ...