The Navy veteran argued that he didn’t violate the Clean Water Act because digging the ponds did not discharge any soil to navigable waters, since the trickle in the channel didn’t constitute navigable waters. The largest navigable body of…
If the radical interpretation succeeds, people could go to jail for accidentally striking an unknown, endangered insect while driving down the highway. Pacific Legal Foundation WildEarth Guardians v. Department of Justice Unintentional, accidental “take” of species should not be a…
The latest figures show that the greater sage grouse occupies more than 170 million acres in 11 western states: North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Colorado, Montana, Idaho, Washington, and parts of California. Washington, however, is not affected by…
...timber harvests will be impacted, further damaging already-struggling businesses; cattlemen in the region will be forced to cut back grazing by 50 percent, which would wipe out many beef producers altogether; and sheep ranchers will also be under threat of…