[PCA] ARTICLE: Biden admin appeals order on Joshua tree protections

[Park, Margaret E]

Michael Doyle, E&E News, Green Wire – E&E News

Summary:

The Biden administration is appealing a federal judge’s order that the Fish and Wildlife Service consider extending Endangered Species Act protections to the venerable Joshua tree. In a bare-bones filing yesterday, the government announced it was appealing a Sept. 20 trial court ruling to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The move challenges what had been a notable legal victory for environmentalists (Greenwire<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsubscriber.politicopro.com%2Farticle%2Feenews%2F2021%2F09%2F22%2Fcourt-orders-feds-to-reconsider-protections-for-joshua-trees-280930%3Fsource%3Demail&data=04%7C01%7Cmargaret_park%40fws.gov%7C7b7676dd03c34e2dc52908d9b9d2be21%7C0693b5ba4b184d7b9341f32f400a5494%7C0%7C0%7C637745137050379369%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=FWE%2F%2F8P0ZYNuELZ%2FOwmyFTaN7cW8l3Rl3b6bn4yF8ns%3D&reserved=0>, Sept. 22).

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