Home Builders Ass'n of N. Cal. v. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Serv.

ELR Citation: ELR 20226
No(s). 05-0629 (E.D. Cal. Nov 2, 2006)

A district court remanded portions of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's (FWS') critical habitat designation of over 800,000 acres of land in California and Oregon for 15 vernal pool species. The rule excluded 23 tracts of land that would either suffer from detrimental economic impacts or for whic...