Los Angeles Judge Rules Against Decision Not to Protect Joshua Tree

Judge accuses US agency of not using 'best available science'

By 2100, much of the Joshua tree's current range will no longer be suitable habitat.

Luis Medina LOS ANGELES (KUNA) – A federal judge in Los Angeles has ruled that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (USFWS) decision not to grant Endangered Species Act protections to the endangered Joshua tree is unlawful, according to court documents obtained today. U.S. District Judge Wesley L. Hsu ruled Monday that the USFWS’ decision not to grant Endangered Species Act protections to the Joshua tree is unlawful and circumvents climate scien…

LA judge nixes decision not to protect Joshua tree

LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles federal judge has ruled that the US Fish and Wildlife Service’s decision not to provide Endangered Species Act protections for the imperiled Joshua tree is unlawful, according to court papers obtained Thursday.