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Advocates: Wolf Case A Test For Endangered Species
Posted on 15 Jun 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

HELENA, Mont. - (AP) A federal court hearing on Tuesday could decide how the federal Endangered Species Act is interpreted, and whether the government can use political considerations in choosing how and where a species can be listed under the act, according... Read More

Tags: Montana , Greater Yellowstone Coalition , wolves , Judge Donald Molloy , National Rifle Association , Endangered Species Act , Earthjustice , Defenders of Wildlife , Idaho , Litigation , U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service , lawsuit , gray wolf

Alaska Sues Feds Over Predator Control
Posted on 1 Jun 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - (AP) The state of Alaska sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Friday, seeking a court order allowing it to go ahead with a controversial predator control program. At issue is the state's plan to kill wolves to preserve a caribou... Read More

Tags: Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge , wolves , Unimak Island , caribou , predator control , Alaska , Litigation , predators , U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service , lawsuit

Ban Sought On Gene-Altered Crops On Federal Land
Posted on 18 Aug 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - (AP) Three environmental groups filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking to stop the planting of genetically-modified crops on 44,000 acres of federal land in the South, but the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says the corn, milo and rice provide... Read More

Tags: glyphosate , herbicide , Roundup , rice , Center for Food Safety , environment , Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility , Litigation , U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service , Monsanto , lawsuit , genetically modified crops , migrating birds