A federal judge intends to vacate a decision by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to not list two rare desert wildflowers whose range overlaps with Utah’s rich oil shale deposits in Uintah County.
Denver-based U.S. District Judge William Martinez faulted the decision’s reliance on a conservation agreement that he doubts would adequately protect Graham’s and White River beardtongue, issuing a decision Tuesday that could upset a landmark deal to keep the plants off the endangered species list.
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