RSS Feed
Reuters: The U.S. government has until 2018 to decide whether to set aside critical habitat or provide other protections for hundreds of imperiled species, under an agreement approved on Friday by a federal judge.
The deal struck in July settles lawsuits by the Center for Biological Diversity accusing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service of being too slow in assigning safeguards under the Endangered Species Act to various plants and animals faced with extinction.
"With approval of this agreement, species......
Read Complete Article at Water Conserve: Water Conservation RSS Newsfeed
Judge approves key endangered species deal
Posted by Reuters: Laura Zuckerman on September 10th, 2011
Posted in Water Conservation