Links for latest issue (Aug. 29, 2012)

A quick list of links (right-click and save if a PDF doesn’t come up quickly) (Ed. note: Let me know if any of these doesn’t work–steve AT eswr.com)

Front page

• Big Cypress ORV case
• Sackett decision (Previous story)

Rest of the issue

• ESA attorney fees subject of congressional hearing

• D.C. Circuit cuts fees in Alaska exploration case

• EPA attempt to regulate coal mining rejected (and U.S. pre-hearing responses to questions posed by the court)

• BuRec doesn’t have to consult on dams’ annual plans, 9th Circuit rules

• Shovelnose sturgeon listing upheld on similarity-of-appearance grounds

• 9th Cir. gives green light to Mojave solar project

• D.C. Cir. paves way for flying squirrel delisting

• Supreme Ct. takes up two 9th Cir. water decisions, won’t hear ACF case

• Slickspot peppergrass must come off list, court says

• Feld RICO case against animal rights groups can move forward, judge rules

• Challenge to coal leasing in Wyoming rejected

• No consultation required on BuRec water contracts, 9th rules

• Fla. man fined for killing panther

More

•  Northern Rockies gray wolf will be removed from list in Wyoming
• Settlement announced over Mirasol development in Collier County, Florida
• 9th rejects ESA/MMPA/NEPA challenge to Chukchi Sea oil and gas exploration
• CBD to sue Corps over NWPs’ effects on listed species
• CBD threatens BLM with lawsuit over fracking in California (Press release) (NOITS)