Tag: policy

Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus plexippus) populations have declined steeply since the 1990s, prompting the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to determine that monarchs may warrant listing under the federal Endangered...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is using previously appropriated — but unspent — money to reopen and re-staff 38 priority refuges around the country, despite the ongoing partial government...

In response to growing concerns by wildlife professionals regarding the negative biological impacts that the spread of diseases such as chronic wasting disease can have on native species like white-tailed...

With 800,000 federal workers furloughed or working without pay, Washington D.C., is quieter than normal, even as new member of Congress and their families flock to the city as the...

The administration released a proposal to reduce the Clean Water Act’s authority over isolated wetlands and other waterways. The proposed rule would redefine “waters of the U.S.,” the phrase that...

The lame-duck Congress was unable to reach agreement on the federal budget by the Dec. 21 deadline, sending some federal government agencies into a shutdown. While final budgets for the...

Over the past several years, gray wolves (Canis lupus) have been the subject of several efforts by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to delist the species under the Endangered...

Forest thinning provisions championed by House Republicans did not make it into the final Farm Bill, but Rep. Westerman, R-Ark., made one more attempt to advance the debate before the...

The recent passage of the 2018 Farm Bill creates the largest single source of federal funding for private land conservation. The bulk of funding in the five-year, $867 billion Farm...

In opposition to the federal government’s interpretation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, California is issuing its own legal guidance, affirming that “California law continues to provide robust protections for...