2009-07-13 Landmark court victory forces government to protect endangered species habitat
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Precedent-setting decision gives Canada’s endangered sage-grouse and other species at risk a chance at recovery
Ecojustice
Vancouver, BC – Environmentalists are celebrating the first decisive victory for endangered species since the unveiling of Canada’s Species at Risk Act in 2003. On Thursday (July 9) a federal court judge in Vancouver ruled that the federal Minister of the Environment, Jim Prentice, broke the law by refusing to identify critical habitat in a recovery plan for the endangered greater sage-grouse.
