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Center For Biological Diversity V. Jewell, Kirsa Shelkey
Center For Biological Diversity V. Jewell, Kirsa Shelkey
Public Land & Resources Law Review
Following years of pressure to list the upper Missouri River population of Arctic grayling as an endangered or threatened species, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service issued a 2014 Finding that listing the fish was “not warranted at this time.” The Service relied on voluntary Candidate Conservation Agreements with Assurances in the Big Hole River Basin to determine that listing criteria under the Endangered Species Act was not met and therefore listing was not necessary. Ultimately, the court deferred to agency expertise and found that the Service’s decision not to list the Arctic grayling was reasonable.
Wildearth Guardians V. United States Office Of Surface Mining, Reclamation And Enforcement, Hallie Bishop
Wildearth Guardians V. United States Office Of Surface Mining, Reclamation And Enforcement, Hallie Bishop
Public Land & Resources Law Review
Wildearth Guardians v. United States Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Enforcement sprung from the approval of a modified mining plan for the Spring Creek Mine in Montana. Wildearth Guardians is the adoption of Magistrate Judge Ostby’s Findings and Recommendations by United States District Judge, Susan Watters concluding that the Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Enforcement violated several provisions of NEPA.