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Plaintiffs seek federal protections for Big Hole grayling

Summary by Ground News

The fish have shrunk to around 4% of their original habitat and are largely confined to a 200 mile stretch of the Big Hole River. The plaintiffs in the lawsuit include a Butte resident and two conservation groups based in Arizona and Idaho. They are asking the U.S. District Court of Montana in Butte to force the Service to reevaluate their decision.

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Montana Standard

Plaintiffs seek federal protections for Big Hole grayling

Plaintiffs have sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, seeking Endangered Species Act protections for Montana grayling population

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KBZK

Groups seek federal protections for Arctic grayling

Environmentalists seeking federal protections for the Arctic grayling are challenging the decision not to list the Big Hole River-dwelling fish as a threatened species

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Montana Free Press

Groups seek federal protections for Arctic grayling

Environmentalists seeking federal protections for the Arctic grayling are challenging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s 2020 decision not to list the Big Hole River-dwelling fish as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. Monday’s legal filing by the Center for Biological Diversity, Western Watersheds Project and Butte resident Pay Munday is the most recent chapter in a decades-long saga over the management of Arctic grayling, …

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Earthjustice

Lawsuit Seeks Lifesaving Protections for Montana’s Arctic Grayling

Conservationists sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today seeking protections for Montana’s Arctic grayling population under the Endangered Species Act. The parties — the Center for Biological Diversity, Western Watersheds Project and Butte resident Pat Munday — are represented by Earthjustice.

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