The US Forest Service issued an “unduly narrow” explanation when it updated a management plan for a Wyoming national reserve and its population of prairie dogs, a federal appeals court ruled Monday.
Reversing a lower court ruling, the US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit found the agency didn’t comply with the National Environmental Policy Act and the Endangered Species Act when it approved the 2020 Plan Amendment for the Thunder Basin National Grassland.
The final environmental impact statement for the management plan acknowledged the agency’s responsibility for controlling the population of existing prairie dog colonies in order to ...
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