It’s no secret that anti-grazing extremists are on a mission to push ranchers off Western public lands. And almost any pretext for serving ranch families eviction orders will do, no matter how flimsy or phony. One such pretext is the alleged imperative to “protect” a bear that long ago qualified to be removed from the endangered species list, thanks to a very successful recovery program, but which remains listed so that it can be weaponized for just such purposes
Mountain States Legal Foundation, which has for years been involved in litigation related to federally protected grizzly bears, today welcomed the news that Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon has formally petitioned the federal government to remove the…
Mountain States Legal Foundation scored a major legal victory for farmers and ranchers and struck a devastating blow against environmental extremists’ out-of-touch, anti-ranching agenda.
An Endangered Species Act update finalized Tuesday, which clarifies the nebulous and overbroad way the federal government long defined “habitat” for purposes of administering the ESA, is reasonable, sensible and long overdue, in our view.
Case Summary Issue: Whether the U.S. Forest Service’s mere receipt and review of a hardrock miner’s notice of intent to exercise rights granted to him by Congress in the Mining…
Case Summary Issue: Whether the Secretary of the Interior acted arbitrarily and capriciously when he listed the polar bear as threatened under the Endangered Species Act? Plaintiff: State of Alaska,…
Case Summary Issue: Whether Congress may compel the delisting of a species from the Endangered Species Act list? Plaintiff: Alliance for the Wild Rockies, Friends of the Clearwater, Wildearth Guardians,…
Case Summary Issue: Whether the listing or delisting of a species may be limited to only those portions of the species’ range in which the species requires protection? Plaintiff: WildEarth…
Case Summary Issue: Whether the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service may delist a species when previously established recovery standards have been met? Plaintiff: Defenders of Wildlife; Natural Resources Defense Council;…