Wildlife groups’ legal challenge: Feds hanging imperiled Sonoran desert tortoise out to dry - Western Environmental Law Center

Wildlife groups’ legal challenge: Feds hanging imperiled Sonoran desert tortoise out to dry - Western Environmental Law Center

Today, wildlife advocates challenged the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) in federal court for denying Endangered Species Act (ESA) protections for the Sonoran desert tortoise in 2022. The Desert Tortoise Council, Tucson Herpetological Society, Western Watersheds Project, and WildEarth Guardians, represented by the Western Environmental Law Center, are challenging the Service’s decision because the […]