| Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Idaho Newsletter for Sunday August 18, 2024 ( 2 items ) |
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Lawsuit Launched to Protect World's Smallest Rabbit in Eight Western States
HAILEY, Idaho, Aug. 15 -- The Western Watersheds Project posted the following news release on Aug. 14, 2024:
DENVER - Conservation groups today sent a formal notice of their intent to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for failing to take steps to protect the pygmy rabbit (Brachylagus idahoensis), the world's smallest rabbit, under the Endangered Species Act.
In response to a 2023 petition, the Service announced in January that the rabbits may warrant protection under the Endangered Specie
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Wild Horse and Environmental Groups File Notice of Appeal to Challenge Court Decision Allowing Largest-Ever Eradication of Wild Horses
HAILEY, Idaho, Aug. 17 -- The Western Watersheds Project issued the following news release on Aug. 16, 2024:
CHEYENNE, Wyo. -- Today, a coalition of wild horse advocates, conservationists, and academics, represented by Eubanks and Associates, filed a notice of appeal with the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals in response to a lower court decision greenlighting a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) plan to remove nearly 5,000 wild horses and eliminate 2.1 million acres of wild horse habitat in the Wyom
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