Tag: ESA

The New Mexico meadow jumping mouse will receive more habitat protections on national forests in eastern Arizona, under a recent court case settlement agreement.  In a case filed in February...

After gray wolves in the contiguous United States were removed from the list of threatened and endangered species under the Endangered Species Act earlier this year, the species is now being...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will delay implementation of the final rule reducing northern spotted owl (Strix occidentalis caurina) critical habitat in Washington, Oregon and California, they announced earlier...

Both the U.S. House and the Senate recently introduced legislation that would amend the nation’s Endangered Species Act to prohibit listing non-native species as threatened or endangered. Introduced by Sen....

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has opened a last-minute hunting and trapping season for gray wolves. The season will run from Feb. 22 to 28, 2021. During that week,...

WildEarth Guardians has petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to list ocelots (Leopardus pardalis pardalis) in Texas as a distinct population segment under the Endangered Species Act. The group...

Eight U.S. Senators are asking the Inspector General at the Department of the Interior to review the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s recent decision to drastically reduce the amount of...

A federal district court has ordered the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to resume releasing captive red wolves from a captive breeding population into the wild. In 2015, the USFWS...

Several advocacy groups filed suit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, challenging the agency’s decision to remove the gray wolf (Canis lupus) from the list of protected species under...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife and NOAA Fisheries are proposing to change the rules regarding how other federal agencies consult about effects on threatened and endangered species. Under a new...