ELR Citation: ELR 20233
No(s). 08-15780 (9th Cir. Aug 25, 2010)

The Ninth Circuit held that property owners and three employees of the California Department of Fish and Game did not violate the ESA when they dug up and removed Sebastopol meadowfoam—an endangered plant species—from privately owned wetlands. Under ESA §9(a)(2)(B), it is unlawful to remove, da...