[PCA] NEWS: Lawsuit filed to protect Uinta Basin flower
Olivia Kwong
plant at plantconservation.org
Fri Dec 19 09:25:56 CST 2008
http://www.sltrib.com/News/ci_11262294
Lawsuit filed to protect Uinta Basin flower
Threatened Documents show BLM created teams to keep plant from being
listed.
By Tom Wharton
The Salt Lake Tribune
Article Last Updated: 12/18/2008 02:37:50 PM MST
A coalition of Utah and Colorado environmental groups claims federal
agencies ignored science in reversing a decision to list a Utah plant as a
threatened species.
The groups filed suit Tuesday in Federal District Court in Denver to
overturn a decision to deny Endangered Species Act protection to a
wildflower they say is threatened by energy development in the Uinta
Basin.
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