Wildlife Groups' Legal Challenge: Feds Hanging Imperiled Sonoran Desert Tortoise Out to Dry
June 05, 2025
June 05, 2025
EUGENE, Oregon, June 5 -- The Western Environmental Law Center issued the following news release on June 4, 2025:
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Wildlife groups' legal challenge: Feds hanging imperiled Sonoran desert tortoise out to dry
Today, wildlife advocates challenged the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) in federal court for denying Endangered Species Act (ESA) protections for the Sonoran desert tortoise in 2022. The Desert Tortoise Council, Tucson Herpetological . . .
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Wildlife groups' legal challenge: Feds hanging imperiled Sonoran desert tortoise out to dry
Today, wildlife advocates challenged the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) in federal court for denying Endangered Species Act (ESA) protections for the Sonoran desert tortoise in 2022. The Desert Tortoise Council, Tucson Herpetological . . .