Western Watersheds ProjectExactly our point, Judges. Thank you.
“The BiOp needed to consider whether the small frog population could sustain grazing-related impacts on top of potential climate change effects, which, according to documents in the record, include stranding and higher egg mortality due to increased exposure to ultraviolet radiation and pathogens,” the judges wrote in the unpublished order.
Court halts Oregon cattle grazing project over incomplete data
The ruling is a win for both imperiled Oregon spotted frogs and conservationists who hope the courts will keep requiring federal agencies to consider climate change when approving projects on public land.
