About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline



2019 Animal L. Comm. Newsl. 1 (2019)

handle is hein.journals/anilawcn2019 and id is 1 raw text is: 


TORT  TRIAL                           -
& INSURANCE    RASING THE BAR
PRACTICE


Winter/Spring 2019


sc tn i,, v r-nment,
Fier;' y  ntl Rr., 'u  e '


Animal Law

Special Endangered Species Issue





A  ContnungSaa The Fight to Restore

        Grizl Bersin heLower 48


As grizzlies awaken from their long winter slumber, they will emerge from their
dens and stretch tall into the warming spring air. While they are now safe from
hunters' bullets, unbeknownst to them, their fate as a species protected by the
crucial safeguards of the Endangered Species Act (ESA)' still very much hangs
in the balance.


Legal Challenge   on the Eve of a Grizzly Hunt

Let's rewind back to late August 2018. The season's wildfire smoke hung heavy in
the air as a long line of attorneys, activists, and students extended down the block
in front of Missoula, MT's Russell Smith Federal Courthouse. Oral arguments in
one of the nation's most contentious ESA debates were about to take place. They


Kelly Nokes
Western Environmental
Law Center

Kelly Nokes is the Sha
Wilrdlife Attorney at the


Ut


~ons attoraeci oy
  important en


Uniting Plaintiff, Defense, Insurance, and Corporate Counsel to Advance the Civil Justice System


h


Ig