The Center for Biological Diversity and WildEarth Guardians have filed a lawsuit against the US Fish and Wildlife Service for allegedly failing to issue timely findings for two potentially endangered species.
The groups allege the USFWS failed to meet the deadline for 12-month findings required by the Endangered Species Act for petitions to list the Clover’s cactus and Rio Grande shiner, according to a complaint filed Thursday in the US District Court for the District of Arizona.
WildEarth Guardians filed a petition for the Clover’s cactus on June 11, 2020, and the Rio Grande shiner on Jan. 23, 2020. The ...
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