Tag: policy

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke testified last week on the department’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2019 in front of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies. The...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently announced its intent to conduct five-year status reviews of 35 threatened and endangered species. This session of reviews will involve species occurring in...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will begin five-year status reviews of 156 species of plants and animals listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act. The USFWS...

The Canadian province of British Columbia has announced public consultations for new species at risk legislation. The Species at Risk Act is similar to the American Endangered Species Act in...

A Senate subcommittee is considering legislation that would allow a greater number of California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) to be euthanized to protect endangered fish species. H.R. 2083, also known...

The endangered population of red wolves (Canis rufus) could go extinct in the wild in as few as eight years without “substantial intervention,” according to a Species Status Assessment recently...

The Bureau of Land Management has provided Congress with a report detailing four options to deal with growing populations of wild horses and burros on BLM lands. Congress demanded a...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has reaffirmed its decision to consider the grizzly bears (Ursus arctos horribilis) in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem a distinct population segment. The GYE grizzlies...

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has proposed extending a ban on mineral extraction on Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) wintering grounds in Wyoming. The ban would exempt more than 1,400...

A new personnel bulletin released last month by the Interior Department details updated rules and regulations surrounding personal conduct. The department has recently been accused of creating a culture that...