Environmental
Sep. 23, 2015
Federal judge rules government has authority to lift sea otter relocation policy
Struggling California sea otters are free to live anywhere along the California coast thanks to a decision by a Los Angeles district court on Friday that found the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service had the authority to drop a decades-long policy of keeping otters out of waters between Santa Barbara and San Diego by trapping and relocating them farther north.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Struggling California sea otters are free to live anywhere along the California coast thanks to a decision by a Los Angeles district court on Friday that found the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service had the authority to drop a decades-long policy of keeping otters out of waters between Santa Barbara and San Diego by trapping and relocating them farther north.
The policy wa...
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