ELR Citation: ELR 20068
No(s). 03-35279 (9th Cir. Aug 6, 2004)

The Ninth Circuit reversed a lower court decision to find that biological opinions issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) on timber harvests and critical habitat for the northern spotted owl improperly relied on an unlawful regulatory definition of "adverse modification" and impermissibl...