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California Amends Fully Protected Species Statutes: Streamlining or More Red Tape?

On July 10, 2023, Governor Newsom signed Senate Bill 147 (SB147) into law, amending California’s “fully protected species” statutes. These laws were enacted in 1970 and currently protect 37 species native to California,...more

7/14/2023 / California , Climate Change , Endangered Species , Environmental Policies , Fully Protected Species , Habitat Conservation Plan , Regulatory Reform , State Department of Fish and Wildlife

Fish and Game Commission Violated Law by Seeking to Protect Bees under CESA

The Sacramento Superior Court upheld a challenge to a decision by the California Fish and Game Commission to designate four subspecies of bumble bees as candidates for protection under the California Endangered Species Act...more

11/23/2020 / California Endangered Species Act , California Fish and Game Commission , Endangered Species Act (ESA) , State Department of Fish and Wildlife

California Fish and Game Commission Lists Population of Fisher Under the California Endangered Species Act

On August 6, 2015, the California Fish and Game Commission (Commission) voted to list the southern Sierra Nevada evolutionarily significant unit of the fisher (Pekania pennati) as a threatened species under the California...more

8/11/2015 / California Endangered Species Act , Endangered Species , State Department of Fish and Wildlife

California Fish and Game Commission Votes Not to Make Tricolored Blackbird Candidate for Listing

Thursday, in response to a petition to list filed by the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) in October 2014, the California Fish and Game Commission (Commission) determined not to make the tricolored blackbird (agelaius...more

6/12/2015 / California Endangered Species Act , California Fish and Game Commission , Center for Biological Diversity , Critical Habitat , Endangered Species Act (ESA) , ESA Listings , State Department of Fish and Wildlife

En Banc Ninth Circuit Holds ESA Consultation Requirement Applies to Renewal of Long-Term Water Contracts

In a unanimous decision, eleven active judges on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that the duty to consult under section 7(a)(2) of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) when a federal agency action...more

4/21/2014 / Bureau of Reclamation , Consultation , Delta Mendota Canal , ESA Listings , Public Contracts , Settlement , State Department of Fish and Wildlife , Water Rights

A Victory for Water Users in Siskiyou County

Water users in Siskiyou County have avoided an additional hurdle to exercising their valid water rights, according to the Siskiyou County Superior Court. On December 24, 2012, Judge Karen L. Dixon held that the legislature...more

1/10/2013 / Endangered Species Act (ESA) , ESA Listings , State Department of Fish and Wildlife , Water Diversion , Water Rights

Federal District Court Dismisses Lawsuit Alleging San Francisco Harmed Endangered Species at Sharp Park

In an order issued on December 6, 2012, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California dismissed a lawsuit brought by Wild Equity and other plaintiffs alleging violations of the Endangered Species...more

12/10/2012 / Endangered Species Act (ESA) , Golf Courses , Incidental Take Permits , Mootness , State Department of Fish and Wildlife , US Army Corps of Engineers

Governor Signs Legislation Amending Fish and Game Code in Response to Input from Strategic Vision Process

On September 25, 2012, Governor Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 2402 and Senate Bill 1148, which make a number of changes to the Fish and Game Code, into law. AB 2402 was sponsored by Assemblyman Jared Huffman and SB 1148...more

10/15/2012 / Funding , Permits , State Department of Fish and Wildlife

D.C. Circuit Holds That Recovery Plan Objectives Are Not Binding On The Services

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 / Endangered Species Act (ESA) , State Department of Fish and Wildlife

Service Announces Delisting Of Gray Wolf In Wyoming

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 / Endangered Species Act (ESA) , State Department of Fish and Wildlife

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