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In case you haven't seen them;
RECENT WIN IN LOUISIANA;
A U.S. federal district court in Washington, D.C. has dismissed a case challenging the removal of the Louisiana black bear from the federal threatened and endangered species list. Plaintiffs sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) over the 2016 delisting, and Safari Club International (SCI) successfully intervened to defend the USFWS’s science-based decision. The court relied on SCI’s arguments in dismissing the suit.
The recovery of the Louisiana black bear is a conservation success story. Louisiana black bears are one of 16 subspecies of the American black bear found throughout North America, but they are the only subspecies to have been listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The bears were listed as “threatened” in 1992 due to a reduced population and concerns regarding the loss of suitable habitat, which had declined by more than 80% across their historical range.
Considerable resources have been dedicated to restoring habitat, and more than 600,000 acres of habitat has been protected. By 2016, the population met the criteria in the species’ recovery plan and the USFWS removed the bears from the threatened species list and returned management of the species back to the State of Louisiana. Suitable habitat for the bears has expanded by over 400% and previously isolated populations are now interconnected, which will help the bears to thrive.
ANOTHER WIN IN ALASKA. FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW....OBAMA AT THE END OF HIS ADMINISTRATION STUCK IT TO US.
"Safari Club International (SCI), jointly with the National Rifle Association (NRA), has fought for and successfully represented the voice of hunters and outdoorsmen as defendant-intervenors in litigation heard by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. Last week, the court tossed out a legal challenge to Congress’ repeal of restrictive hunting limitations in National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska, originally imposed by regulatory fiat at the tail end of the Obama administration.
After the inauguration of President Trump, Congressional Republicans utilized a little known law called the Congressional Review Act (CRA) that allowed Congress and the newly elected president to repeal a number of regulations imposed by the Obama Administration in the last 60 days of his time in office. One such regulation, officially repealed under the CRA in March of 2017, was a U.S Fish and Wildlife rule that prohibited many kinds of hunting on all sixteen federally owned wildlife refuges in Alaska. The regulation directly conflicted with state laws."
BOTH ARTICLES CAN BE FOUND AT THE LINK TO SAFARI CLUB.ORG/ MEDIA
HERE
RECENT WIN IN LOUISIANA;
A U.S. federal district court in Washington, D.C. has dismissed a case challenging the removal of the Louisiana black bear from the federal threatened and endangered species list. Plaintiffs sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) over the 2016 delisting, and Safari Club International (SCI) successfully intervened to defend the USFWS’s science-based decision. The court relied on SCI’s arguments in dismissing the suit.
The recovery of the Louisiana black bear is a conservation success story. Louisiana black bears are one of 16 subspecies of the American black bear found throughout North America, but they are the only subspecies to have been listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The bears were listed as “threatened” in 1992 due to a reduced population and concerns regarding the loss of suitable habitat, which had declined by more than 80% across their historical range.
Considerable resources have been dedicated to restoring habitat, and more than 600,000 acres of habitat has been protected. By 2016, the population met the criteria in the species’ recovery plan and the USFWS removed the bears from the threatened species list and returned management of the species back to the State of Louisiana. Suitable habitat for the bears has expanded by over 400% and previously isolated populations are now interconnected, which will help the bears to thrive.
ANOTHER WIN IN ALASKA. FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW....OBAMA AT THE END OF HIS ADMINISTRATION STUCK IT TO US.
"Safari Club International (SCI), jointly with the National Rifle Association (NRA), has fought for and successfully represented the voice of hunters and outdoorsmen as defendant-intervenors in litigation heard by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. Last week, the court tossed out a legal challenge to Congress’ repeal of restrictive hunting limitations in National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska, originally imposed by regulatory fiat at the tail end of the Obama administration.
After the inauguration of President Trump, Congressional Republicans utilized a little known law called the Congressional Review Act (CRA) that allowed Congress and the newly elected president to repeal a number of regulations imposed by the Obama Administration in the last 60 days of his time in office. One such regulation, officially repealed under the CRA in March of 2017, was a U.S Fish and Wildlife rule that prohibited many kinds of hunting on all sixteen federally owned wildlife refuges in Alaska. The regulation directly conflicted with state laws."
BOTH ARTICLES CAN BE FOUND AT THE LINK TO SAFARI CLUB.ORG/ MEDIA
HERE
