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  1. February 29, 2016

    FWS Denied Bid To Relist Prairie Chicken As Threatened

    A Texas federal judge on Monday found that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service hadn't proven its argument that stripping the lesser prairie chicken of its threatened species listing had caused irreparable harm and declined to amend his judgment that delisted the bird.

  2. January 28, 2016

    FWS Keeps Up Court Bid To Relist Prairie Chicken

    In a round of filings Wednesday, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service asked a Texas federal judge to amend his judgment tossing the lesser prairie chicken's threatened species listing and give the agency a chance to relist the bird, while the industry group that opposed the original listing argued there's no reason to revisit the case.

  3. December 24, 2015

    Environmental Cases To Watch In 2016

    From legal battles at the U.S. Supreme Court and the Sixth Circuit that will shape the federal government's authority under the Clean Water Act to a closely watched challenge to President Barack Obama's signature climate change initiative, 2016 promises plenty of important developments in environmental law. Here are the biggest environmental cases to watch.

  4. September 02, 2015

    FWS Gets Foul Call For Prairie Chicken Threatened Listing

    A Texas federal court Tuesday vacated the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's rule listing the lesser prairie chicken as a threatened species, saying the agency did not adequately evaluate conservation efforts being implemented by several states when it listed the bird.