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FWS proposes to list salmon-crested cockatoo and BC populations of Queen Charlotte Goshawk, reduces critical habitat for La Graciosa Thistle

Nov 3, 2009

74 Fed. Reg. 56770 / Vol. 74, No. 211 / Tuesday, November 3, 2009 / Proposed Rules DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service 50 CFR Part 17 Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Listing the Salmon-Crested Cockatoo as Threatened...

FWS proposes largest ever critical habitat designation with over 200,000 square miles for polar bears

Oct 30, 2009

74 Fed. Reg. 56058 / Vol. 74, No. 208 / Thursday, October 29, 2009 / Proposed Rules DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service 50 CFR Part 17 Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for the Polar Bear...

FWS revisiting status of arctic grayling, and still considering listing of northern leopard frog

Oct 30, 2009

74 Fed. Reg. 55524 / Vol. 74, No. 207 / Wednesday, October 28, 2009 / Proposed Rules DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service 50 CFR Part 17 Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Status Review of Arctic Grayling (Thymallus...

Judge Wanger rejects commerce clause challenge to ESA

Oct 27, 2009

The Delta Smelt Consolidated Cases, 2009 WL 3273843 (E.D. Cal., Oct. 8, 2009) INTRO: This case concerns the United States Fish and Wildlife Service's (FWS) December 15, 2008 biological opinion (BiOp or 2008 BiOp) concerning the impact of coordinated...

FWS rejects petition to list American dipper in South Dakota

Oct 27, 2009

74 Fed. Reg. 55177 / Vol. 74, No. 206 / Tuesday, October 27, 2009 / Proposed Rules DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service / 50 CFR Part 17 Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 90-day Finding on a Petition To List the American...