From: Delta Farm Press
"In 2014, following the renewal of the recreational order, a group known as Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) sued FWS, which is part of the Interior Department, in U.S. District Court. “PEER asserted that adequate environmental justification was lacking in the FWS multi-state program for Cormorant management,” says Causey. The next major development occurred last May when U.S. District Judge John Bates agreed with PEER and vacated the depredation orders. "