Tag: policy

Last week, Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M. and Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., introduced the Tribal Wildlife Corridors Act of 2019 (S. 2891/H.R. 5179), which would support federally designated American Indian tribes...

At a recent House Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture hearing, witnesses offered testimony on invasive species like nutria and feral swine and their effects on agriculture and...

Congressional support for the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act (H.R. 3742) continues to grow, with 152 representatives now in support of the legislation. The Recovering America’s Wildlife Act would provide state and...

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources denied a petition last week to ban lead ammunition in hunting and lead fishing tackle on waters where loons are known to nest in...

A recent draft recovery plan the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released for federally threatened Gunnison sage-grouse (Centrocercus minimus) would relocate the birds to increase local populations. The Service plans...

The Wildlife Society provided written testimony about the lack of progress in the federal management of free-roaming horses and burros to the National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board, which...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is offering a $100,000 prize to individuals who develop new ideas that might eradicate or mitigate white-nose syndrome (WNS) as part of a white-nose...

Senator Tom Udall, D-NM, introduced a Senate resolution that calls for protecting at least 30% of the United States’ lands and waters by 2030. The resolution, called the Thirty by...

The Senate will vote this week on a package of four spending bills that includes Fiscal Year 2020 funding for the Department of the Interior and the Environmental Protection Agency....

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed removing the interior least tern (Sterna antillarum) from the endangered species list. The small fish-eating bird was first listed as endangered under the...