ELR Citation: ELR 20450
No(s). L-85-69-CA (E.D. Tex. Jun 17, 1988)

The court holds that clearcutting in several national forests in Texas constitutes a taking of the red-cockaded woodpecker under §9 of the Endangered Species Act (ESA), and that the Forest Service's timber practices have jeopardized the species within the meaning of §7. The court first holds that ...