Hard to argue that the decision doesn't stem from political considerations. http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1501ap_rare_wildflower.html

http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/sports/1166410528133160.xml&coll=7&thispage=1

SCI and Ducks Unlimited Defeat Animal Rights Group in Mute Swan Case December 18, 2006 On Friday, December 15, 2006, the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled in favor of Safari Club International and Ducks Unlimited, and the U.S. Fish

http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2007/01/highwaymen.html

Actually, it never did: http://www.gjsentinel.com/sports/content/sports/stories/2006/12/17/12_17_OUT_sun_column_WWW.html

Well done TPL! Trust for Public Land completes fundraising; Katahdin Lake transferred to Baxter State Park Millinocket and Portland, Maine - Governor John Baldacci today announced that Katahdin Lake, along with 4,000 acres that include old-growth forest,

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2006/12/17/the_shifting_sands_of_cape_cod/

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6600ap_ut_endangered_cactus.html

Note the paragraph-four comments from Ms. Property Rights Spokeswoman http://www.carnivoreconservation.org/dotclear/index.php/?2006/12/14/782-florida-panthers-may-soon-be-extinct-in-wild-since-valuable-habitat-is-also-at-risk

Will Outdoor Life Publish Another Screed Attacking the Plaintiffs as Anti's? GROUPS CONTEST DENIAL OF FEDERAL PROTECTION TO DECLINING PRAIRIE DOG Illegal Political Interference Cited in Lawsuit http://www.peer.org/news/news_id.php?row_id=794