Kristen Boyles, Managing Attorney, Northwest Office: “Making this kind of dramatic change doesn’t make any legal sense because it goes against the fundamental purpose and spirit of the statute itself.”
The court vacated the agency's approval of Amendment 40's removal of elk habitat road density standards and directs agencies to reconsider the standard with remand for further Endangered Species Act…
Kristen Boyles, Managing Attorney, Northwest Office: “Let’s be clear: there is no support for the Trump administration’s rule — no scientific support, no legal support, no public support. We will see the Trump administration in court.”
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the Yurok Tribe, Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations, and the Institute for Fisheries Resources in determining that the operations…
Kristen Boyles, Managing Attorney, Northwest Office: “The Ninth Circuit today confirmed what has long been settled law — the Endangered Species Act fully protects threatened and endangered salmon in the Klamath River.”
A District Court judge has partially ruled in favor of conservation groups in a lawsuit over the impacts of federal agencies’ plans to allow increased road building in the Bitterroot…
