On April 9, 2013, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California ruled on a motion by the United States and the State of California to extend the period of time to issue new biological opinions...more
4/10/2013
- Endangered Species Act Extensions State Water Project
On March 14, 2013, the State of California announced that it has released the first 4 of 12 chapters of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP). California plans to release the next three chapters on March 27, and the...more
3/19/2013
- Habitat Conservation Plan Water
After an unusual eight day bench trial, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas held State officials in Texas violated the Endangered Species Act’s (ESA) prohibition on take of the federally listed...more
3/18/2013
In a unanimous panel decision, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held that a biological opinion issued by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) regarding the effects of three pesticides on...more
2/25/2013
- EPA National Marine Fisheries Service Pesticides
In Central Coast Forest Assoc. v. California Fish and Game Commission, the California Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District held that a petition to delist the endangered coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) under the...more
1/3/2013
- Endangered Species Act ESA Listings Writ of Mandamus
Recently, House Representatives John Garamendi (D-Fairfield, CA), Jerry McNerney (D-Stockton, CA), Doris Matsui (D-Sacramento, CA), George Miller (D-Martinez, CA), and Mike Thompson (D-St. Helena, CA) introduced H.R. 6484...more
10/17/2012
- Conservation Flood Zones Water
Governor Brown signed a bill into law that generally makes it unlawful to permit or allow a dog to pursue a bear or bobcat at any time. The bill, introduced as SB 1221 by State Senator Ted Lieu, is intended to curb the use of...more
10/1/2012
- Department of Fish & Game Dogs Hunting Jerry Brown
In a 2-1 decision, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit recently upheld the decision of the Fish and Wildlife Service to delist the West Virginia northern flying squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus...more
9/2/2012
- Department of Fish and Wildlife Endangered Species Act
We previously reported the Fish and Wildlife Service's intention to delist the gray wolf (Canis lupus) in the State of Wyoming. Today the Service announced "that the Wyoming population of gray wolves is recovered and no...more
8/31/2012
- Department of Fish and Wildlife Endangered Species Act
