Description: Lawsuit to compel a final listing determination on the distinct population segment of the North American wolverine.
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Center for Biological Diversity v. Bernhardt
Case Documents:
Filing Date Type File Action Taken Summary 07/02/2020 Settlement Agreement Download Joint motion to dismiss filed by the parties pursuant to terms of stipulated settlement agreement. Federal Defendants Agreed to Issue Final Endangered Species Act Listing Determination on Wolverine in Lower 48 States. Conservation groups and federal defendants agreed to a dismissal of a lawsuit seeking to compel a final listing determination on the distinct population segment (DPS) of the North American wolverine in the lower 48 states. The federal defendants agreed to submit a final listing determination to the Federal Register by August 31, 2020. The federal district court for the District of Montana ruled in 2016 that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service erred by dismissing the threats of climate change and small population size when it withdrew a proposal to list the wolverine DPS as threatened. 03/18/2020 Complaint Download Complaint filed. Plaintiffs Challenged Fish and Wildlife Service’s Failure to Take Final Action on Wolverine After 2016 Court Decision. A lawsuit filed in the federal district court for the District of Montana asked the court to issue a final listing determination on the distinct population segment (DPS) of the North American wolverine. In 2016, the court found that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) had erred by dismissing the threats of climate change and small population size when it withdrew a proposal to list the wolverine DPS in the lower 48 states as threatened. The plaintiffs asserted that by failing to take final action since the court’s 2016 decision, the FWS had violated the Endangered Species Act statutory deadlines.