On December 12, 2024, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS”) released its...
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Texas Files Suit Against FWS For Decision to List Mussels As Endangered
In late October, 2024, the state of Texas filed a lawsuit against the Department of Interior and...
Ag & the ESA: When a Species is Listed “Wherever Found”
The Endangered Species Act (“ESA”) is widely recognized as one of the strongest wildlife...
FWS Streamline ESA Voluntary Conservation Programs
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS”) have issued a final rule to update the...
Federal Court Revokes Florida’s CWA Section 404 Permitting Authority
On February 15, 2024, a federal court in the District of Columbia issued a ruling formally...
Doctrine of Chevron Deference Challenged at the High Court
Update: On June 28, 2024, the Supreme Court released its final decision in Loper Bright Enters. b....
FWS, NMFS Issue Proposed Rules to Modify Remaining Trump Administration Regulations
During the Trump administration, multiple environmental statutes were subject to regulatory...
Environmental Groups Challenge EPA Approval of Enlist One and Enlist Duo
On June 6, 2023, a coalition of environmental and agricultural labor groups lead by the Center for...
Texas Sues FWS Over Decision to List the Lesser Prairie-Chicken Under the Endangered Species Act
On March 22, 2023, the State of Texas filed a lawsuit against the Fish and Wildlife Service...
Ag and Food Law Daily Update: December 15, 2022
A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in...