STATE OF TEXAS et al v. United States Department of The Interior et al

  1. May 12, 2025

    Green Groups Fight Feds' Effort To Rescind Bird Protections

    Environmental groups on Sunday asked a Texas federal court to reject the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's effort to reverse its decision to protect two populations of the lesser prairie-chicken under the Endangered Species Act.

  2. June 27, 2023

    Feds Want Prairie Chicken Protection Challenges Combined

    The U.S. Department of the Interior on Tuesday asked a Texas federal judge to consolidate two cases by several states and industry groups aiming to strike down a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service rule that listed two lesser prairie-chicken populations as threatened and endangered.

  3. March 23, 2023

    Texas Sues To Kill Lesser-Prairie-Chicken Protections

    Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has asked a Texas federal judge to throw out a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service rule listing two lesser-prairie-chicken populations as threatened and endangered so the Lone Star State can keep managing its own natural resources.