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New Relaxed Federal Regulations for Endangered Species

/ Published Wednesday, 14 October 2026 14:43
Over the summer of 2026, the US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) took several actions to dramatically change protections for endangered species under the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA).

Supreme Judicial Court Upholds MESA Regulations For Delineating and Regulating Priority Habitat

/ Published Friday, 18 April 2014 16:29
In an important victory for the state’s vulnerable wildlife species, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (“SJC”) recently upheld the Massachusetts Endangered Species Act (“MESA”) regulations in all respects.  The case, known as Pepin v. Division of Fisheries and Wildlife, 467 Mass. 210 (2014), challenged the procedural and substantive jurisdiction implemented by the state Division of Fisheries and Wildlife (“DFW”) under MESA.  

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