Tag: Pacific walrus

June 16, 2021

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ordered to reconsider walrus listing

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service did not adequately support its decision not to list the Pacific walrus (Odobenus rosmarus divergens) under the Endangered Species Act, a federal court ruled...

March 20, 2018

Environmental group sues over walrus ESA decision

The Center for Biological Diversity has filed a lawsuit in federal District Court for the District of Alaska, challenging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s decision to withdraw the Pacific...