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Erik Beck

Erik Beck

Nossaman LLP


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U.S. District Court Dismisses ESA Section 7 Claims Brought Against The EPA

In Center for Biological Diversity v. Environmental Protection Agency, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California dismissed with leave to amend a suit alleging that the Environmental Protection...more

5/2/2013 - Endangered Species Act EPA FIFRA Pesticides

U.S. District Court Holds U.S. Fish And Wildlife Service's Decision To Delay Revisions To Critical Habitat Is Not Judicially...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) prevailed on March 19th in a suit brought by the Sierra Club challenging a decision by the Service to delay revision of the critical habitat designation for the leatherback sea...more

3/28/2013 - Administrative Procedure Act Critical Habitat Endangered Species Act Fish and Wildlife Service

Clear Lake Hitch Becomes Candidate For Protection Under California Endangered Species Act

The California Fish & Game Commission (Commission) voted this week to designate the Clear Lake hitch (Lavinia exilicauda)—a fish found only in Clear Lake and its tributaries—as a candidate species under the California...more

3/8/2013 - Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish And Wildlife Service Designates 9,600 Acres Of Critical Habitat For Coachella Valley Milk Vetch

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) designated approximately 9,600 acres as critical habitat for the endangered Coachella Valley milk vetch (Astragalus lentifinosus var. coachellae). The critical habitat designation...more

2/15/2013 - Critical Habitat Department of Fish and Wildlife Endangered Species Act

Proposed Rule Would Regulate U.S. Navy's Impact On Marine Mammals

On January 31, 2013, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) issued a proposed rule to regulate the impact of United States Navy exercises on marine mammals. The rule would affect areas off the Southern California,...more

2/5/2013 - Endangered Species Act Incidental Take Permits Marine Mammal Protection Act National Marine Fisheries Service U.S. Navy

Federal Court Upholds Critical Habitat Designation For Santa Ana Sucker

In a decision with important implications for the intersection of water rights and the Endangered Species Act (ESA), the federal district court in Santa Ana, California upheld the designation of critical habitat for the Santa...more

10/25/2012 - Critical Habitat Department of Fish and Wildlife Endangered Species Act

Next Chapter In Decade-Long Dispute Over Pesticides And The ESA Scheduled For October 24th

Previously, we reported on the latest chapter in the decade-long dispute between environmental groups, federal agencies, and pesticide manufacturers over the impact of pesticides on the Pacific Northwest’s listed salmon...more

10/9/2012 - DowAgrosciences Pesticides Salmon

Environmental Groups Win Another Victory In Fight To Protect Pacific Northwest Salmonids From Pesticides

Last week, environmental advocacy groups celebrated a victory in a decade-long fight over the proper balance between agricultural and environmental interests in the Pacific Northwest. On October 1, in Northwest Coalition for...more

10/7/2012 - Endangered Species Act EPA Pesticides Salmon Section 7

Fish And Wildlife Service Proposes To List Butterfly Species Near Las Vegas

In 2011, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) reached a settlement agreement with environmental groups in which it agreed to make final listing decisions on over 200 species over the next six years. Last month, we...more

9/27/2012 - Butterflies Department of Fish and Wildlife Endangered Species Act

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