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Volume 54, Issue 32

54 ELR 20154
No(s). CV 23-10-M-DLC (D. Mont. Nov 7, 2024)

A district court granted summary judgment for environmental groups in a challenge to Wildlife Services' reauthorization of a predator damage and conflict management program in Montana under which grizzly bears may be killed.

Keywords:
Wildlife (generally)
54 ELR 20156
No(s). 23-1067 (D.C. Cir. Nov 12, 2024)

In a divided opinion, a D.C. Circuit panel vacated FAA's and the National Park Service's plan governing tourist flights over four national parks in California, and also ruled that CEQ lacked the authority to issue regulations binding on other federal agencies.

Keywords:
Land Use (generally)
54 ELR 20155
No(s). 3:23-cv-00283-SLG (D. Alaska Nov 8, 2024)

A district court dismissed a trade group's lawsuit challenging NMFS' implementation of an amendment to the groundfish fishery management plan (FMP) that changed how the halibut bycatch limit is set for fisheries in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands.

Keywords:
Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act)