Category Archives: Bone Cave harvestman

Bone Cave Havestman

ASL Files Notice to Sue on Cave Bug Delisting

The first delisting petition we filed, June 2014, was to remove the Bone cave harvestman, a microscopic terrestrial karst invertebrate, or cave bug, from the federal endangered species list.  We filed this action because the best available science demonstrated the species was … Continue reading

US District Court Orders Agency to Reconsider Removing Cave Bug from Endangered List

Georgetown, TX –  Late Thursday, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas ruled against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) directing them to reconsider a petition to delist the Bone Cave harvestman, a tiny cave bug that resides … Continue reading

Court Orders U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to Take a New Look at Petition to Delist Bone Cave Harvestman

December 28, 2016—GEORGETOWN, TX – The United States District Court for the Western District of Texas issued an order late last week granting the motion of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to take remand of its decision to reject the petition … Continue reading