ELR Citation: ELR 20971
No(s). 95-56075 (9th Cir. May 21, 1997)

The court holds that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) violated the Endangered Species Act (ESA) by failing to designate critical habitat for the threatened coastal California gnatcatcher and by failing to justify its use of the imprudence exception to the ESA. The court first holds that FWS'...