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 SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - A coalition of environmentalists has sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, alleging the agency ignored the group's petition to designate critical habitat for the endangered northern aplomado falcon in New Mexico, Arizona and Texas.
Forest Guardians, the Chihuahuan Desert Conservation Alliance and Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility filed their complaint Monday in federal court in Santa Fe, saying they filed the petition in September 2002 and that federal law requires the agency to act within a year.
The coalition asked a federal judge to declare that Fish and Wildlife violated the Endangered Species Act by failing to make a determination on critical habitat and to order the agency to make a decision.
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