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Protecting Viable Wildlife Populations

In Brief: A 1976 law requires the Forest Service to maintain viable populations of wildlife species on the national forests. In September 2004, the Bush administration rewrote rules adopted during the Reagan administation to gut what's called "viapops." In March 2007, the court ruled that the rewritten rules were invalid.

   

Updated: June 30, 2008

Case #09599