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Bird Litigation: “Standing” and the California Gnatcatcher

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More recently, a group of developers petitioned FWS to delist the gnatcatcher because the underlying science was allegedly flawed and the coastal gnatcatcher is not really a distinct subspecies. Thus, the court did not even address the science regarding taxonomy and connectivity, which continues to develop. Case citation: Ctr.