March 03, 2021
A D.C. federal judge has ordered the U.S.government to speed up its analysis on whether to list a long-eared bat as endangered, calling the government's proposed timeline of over three years an extraordinary and unreasonable delay.
January 29, 2020
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service failed to properly assess the condition of northern long-eared bats and the current threats to their survival when it declined to give them full protection under the Endangered Species Act, a D.C. federal judge said Tuesday.
May 16, 2016
An environmental group has hit the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service with a lawsuit accusing the agency of caving to industry pressures and violating environmental protection laws by deciding not to designate critical habitat for the disease-prone northern long-eared bat.