the Court ORDERS as follows:
1. Defendant Fish & Wildlife Service’s withdrawal of its proposal to list the
Graham’s beardtongue and White River beardtongue as threatened, 79 Fed.
Reg. 46042, is VACATED;

Finds “Conservation Agreement” inadequate to address threats from Uinta Basin Energy Development

Records Show Fish and Wildlife Service Conceded to Habitat Destruction Demanded by Industry Under the Guise of “Conservation”

Records show Fish and Wildlife Service conceded to habitat destruction demanded by industry under the guise of “conservation”

Conservation groups, represented by Earthjustice, have sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for denying Endangered Species Act protection to two imperiled wildflowers in Utah and Colorado. The Service proposed to protect the White River and Graham’s beardtongues in August 2013 after determining that 91 percent of Graham’s beardtongue populations and 100 percent of White…

More than 90 percent of imperiled beardtongues threatened by oil, gas projects

94 percent of known populations vulnerable to oil shale, tar sands

Judge rules that U.S. Fish and Wildlife acted “capriciously” in claiming threats were no longer present

From Judge Walker D. Miller

Suit challenges sudden reversal of position by Fish and Wildlife Service