Endangered Species Act

April 18, 2025

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes Regulatory Change to Ease Endangered Species Act Restrictions

On April 17, 2025, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service proposed a rulemaking to rescind the definition of “harm” in the Endangered Species Act regulations. The change is being made to conform to the statutory definition of “take,” which the agencies allege does not include habitat modification. The Endangered Continue reading

Environmental Law

Endangered Species Act
March 5, 2020

Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Key Endangered Species Act FOIA Case

On Monday, March 2, 2020, the United States Supreme Court granted certiorari to a petition from two U.S. federal agencies attempting to block the release of certain agency decision-making documents under the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”). The agencies’ petition followed a determination by the Ninth Circuit that certain “draft” documents created by the agencies… Continue reading

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