page_title: Sierra Club v. Babbitt
hierarchical_section_title: Sierra Club v. Babbitt
caption_attribution_description: English: Alabama Beach Mouse (Peromyscus polionotus ammobates), a federally endangered species whose habitat includes Mobile Point and Ono Island in Alabama, United States.
context_page_description: Sierra Club v. Babbitt, 15 F. Supp. 2d 1274, is a United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama case in which the Sierra Club and several other environmental organizations and private citizens challenged the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. Plaintiffs filed action seeking declaratory injunctive relief regarding two incidental take permits issued by the FWS for the construction of two isolated high-density housing complexes in habitat of the endangered Alabama beach mouse. The District Court ruled that the FWS must reconsider its decision to allow high-density development on the Alabama coastline that might harm the endangered Alabama beach mouse. The District Court found that the FWS violated both the Endangered Species Act and the National Environmental Policy Act by permitting construction on the dwindling beach mouse habitat.
context_section_description: Sierra Club v. Babbitt, 15 F. Supp. 2d 1274 (S.D. Ala. 1998), is a United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama case in which the Sierra Club and several other environmental organizations and private citizens challenged the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). Plaintiffs filed action seeking declaratory injunctive relief regarding two incidental take permits (ITPs) issued by the FWS for the construction of two isolated high-density housing complexes in habitat of the endangered Alabama beach mouse (Peromyscus polionotus ammobates). The District Court ruled that the FWS must reconsider its decision to allow high-density development on the Alabama coastline that might harm the endangered Alabama beach mouse. The District Court found that the FWS violated both the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) by permitting construction on the dwindling beach mouse habitat.
caption: Endangered Alabama Beach Mouse (Peromyscus polionotus ammobates).
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