Ninth Circuit Decision Remanding "Warranted but Precluded" finding for MYLF back to USFWS

Ninth Circuit tells Fish and Wildlife Service to rethink its decision

California’s high Sierra mountains certainly appear wild and pristine, but a closer look reveals dramatic shifts due to human encroachment and resulting impacts on the region’s watersheds. The yellow-legged frog is one such harbinger of change. The mountain yellow-legged frog was historically the most abundant frog in the Sierra Nevada, distributed widely in high elevation…

Groups claim species relegation to “bureaucratic purgatory” is illegal