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Putting critical habitat on trial
Author: Damien M. Schiff Next week, I'll be arguing PLF's appeal in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Home Builders Association of Northern California v. United States Fish & Wildlife Service. The case concerns the Service's near million-acre critical habitat designation for over a dozen vernal pool species ( ...
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Disappointing critical habitat decision
Author: Damien M. Schiff In Home Builders Association of Northern California v. United States Fish & Wildlife Service, we challenged the Service's 600,000-acre-plus designation of critical habitat for 15 vernal pool species. The case was designed to apply our victory in the Alameda Whipsnake case (under the same case title). Unfortun ...
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Never give up
Author: Damien M. Schiff This week saw a disappointment and a new chance. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court denied our cert petition in Home Builders Association of Northern California v. United States Fish & Wildlife Service, a challenge to the Service's 850,000 acre critical habitat designation for 15 vernal pool species protect ...