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Bird Litigation:  Greater Sage-Grouse and Oil and Natural Gas Leases

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In February 2020, the court entered summary judgment against the government, finding that the BLM “instruction memorandum” was invalid. Rather, it turned on arcane issues of administrative law. Every law school has an Administrative Law class that focuses on the APA and related laws. Zinke , 2020 WL 959242 (D.

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Administrative Procedure for Birders: Duck Stamp Rulemaking

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For those interested in avian conservation, some knowledge of the bureaucratic process is useful, as it is used to implement many important conservation laws. For example, the process applies to, among other things, the listing (and delisting) of species under the Endangered Species Act and interpretation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.

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