ELR Citation: ELR 20269
No(s). s. 5-78-66, -83-254 (D. Minn. Jan 5, 1984)

The court rules that the Endangered Species Act (ESA) does not allow regulated takings of eastern timber wolves, a threatened species, unless the Department of the Interior determines that the takings are necessary to relieve population pressures in an ecosystem. Ruling on a challenge to Interior's ...