Phoenix, Arizona:  Responding to court papers filed by the National Rifle Association (NRA) in opposition to legal claims brought by the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), on Friday June 4, 2010 CBD revised its lawsuit against the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (BLM, FWS) regarding  BLM and FWS’ management of federal lands in northern Arizona (Center for Biological Diversity v. U.S. Bureau of Land Mgmt, et al., 3:09-cv-08011-PCT-PGR).

CBD’s original lawsuit, first filed January 27, 2009 [Read original Complaint here], alleged that BLM and FWS are illegally mismanaging federal lands in Arizona.

CBD’s claims were based in part on an incorrect belief that “any take of [California] condors from the use of lead ammunition would be a per se violation of the ESA.” [Read First Amended Complaint here] CBD’s revised lawsuit drops the ESA claims that CBD was primarily using to seek a ban on the use of lead ammunition for hunting on those federal lands. [Read Second Amended Complaint here]

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