The Center for Biological Diversity sued the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) for failing to protect critical habitat for forty-nine endangered Hawaiian Islands species that FWS listed on September 30, 2016. CBD argues that the agency’s six-year delay violates the Endangered Species Act’s “non-discretionary mandate” for concurrent critical habitat designation and puts endangered plants and animals at greater risk of extinction.
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