Legal Opinion
Center for Biological Diversity v. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 17, 2015No. 12-17530PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PRATT, District Judge:
This case concerns Defendant-Appellee U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (“FWS”) decision to enter into a Memorandum of Agreement (“MOA”) with several non-federal entities who were subject to a Nevada State Order mandating a groundwater pump test. FWS anticipated that the pump test may affect an endangered species, the Moapa dace, and worked with the parties to obtain an agreement to implement a variety of conservation measures in advance of the groundwater pump test. FWS conducted a formal consultation under the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”), 16 U.S.C. § 1531 et…
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