In Episode 251 of District of Conservation, Gabriella discusses news over the Biden administration (specifically Interior Department/USFWS) capitulating to Center for Biological Diversity in a "sue and settle" agreement to potentially revoke opening upwards of 100 national wildlife refuges to new hunting and fishing opportunities. Sportsmen and women, who'll be directly affected by such changes, don't have a say. 

She explains the update from Sportsmen's Alliance, the Montana court settlement, abuses to the Equal Access to Justice Act, the basics of "sue and settle" and the problem with sportsmen and women being excluded from the table. 

SHOW NOTES

Sportsmen's Alliance: Biden Admin Negotiating with Animal Activists Over Public Land Hunting

CBD vs. USFWS: Joint Motion to Stay Proceedings

CBD: Lawsuit Aims to Protect Endangered Wildlife From Massive Sport Hunting, Fishing Expansion on National Wildlife Refuges

August 2021: Interior Department Announces Largest Expansion of Fishing and Hunting on U.S. Fish and Wildlife Managed Lands and Waters

EP 250: USFWS Announces $1.5B Haul for Conservation from 2021 

USFWS: Why Hunting is Allowed on Refuges

EAJA & FFRC: Reforming the Equal Access to Justice Act 

"Sue and Settle" & S.1247 - Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2021

Forbes: Pruitt's EPA Directive Sends The 'Sue And Settle' Racket Into Its Death Rattle

Chamber of Commerce on Sue and Settle: Regulating Behind Closed Doors & Damage Done Report