Conservancy of Southwest Florida v. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
ELR Citation: 42 ELR 20091 No(s). 11-11915 (11th Cir. Apr 18, 2012)
The Eleventh Circuit upheld FWS' denial of petitions to designate critical habitat for the Florida panther under the ESA. Environmental groups claimed that the denial of their petitions was arbitrary and capricious under the APA. But neither the ESA nor the regulations cited by the groups provid...