Legal Victory Puts Hellbender Back on Track for Endangered Species Protection
September 07, 2023
September 07, 2023
NEW YORK, Sept. 7 -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release on Sept. 6, 2023:
In response to a lawsuit filed by five conservation groups, a federal judge found today that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's 2019 denial of Endangered Species Act protection for the eastern hellbender salamander was arbitrary and unlawful.
District Judge Lewis J. Liman set aside the Service's decision and instructed the agency to make a new decisio . . .
In response to a lawsuit filed by five conservation groups, a federal judge found today that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's 2019 denial of Endangered Species Act protection for the eastern hellbender salamander was arbitrary and unlawful.
District Judge Lewis J. Liman set aside the Service's decision and instructed the agency to make a new decisio . . .