Tag: USFWS

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently released a court-ordered draft revision to its 2017 Mexican Wolf Recovery Plan, providing measures aimed at reducing human-caused mortality like poaching and vehicle...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued an emergency endangered listing for Dixie Valley toad on April 7 due to the extinction risk posed by a geothermal project. The Dixie...

The U.S. Department of the Interior outlined a strategic plan for the U.S. Geological Survey, National Park Service, Fish and Wildlife Service and Bureau of Land Management to take on...

Citing the escalation of white-nose syndrome, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to reclassify the threatened northern long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis) as endangered under the Endangered Species Act....

A U.S. federal appeals court ruled that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service can continue lethally removing non-native barred owls from threatened spotted owl ranges. Spotted owls (Strix occidentalis), a...

The U.S. Senate confirmed Martha Williams’ nomination as director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Feb. 17. Williams has led the USFWS as its principal duty director since...

Gray wolves are once again listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act after a court decision. In the Feb. 10 decision, U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White reversed the U.S....

The U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public works approved Martha Williams’ nomination as director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in a 16-4 vote on Jan. 12. During...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has reopened the public comment period on its September proposal to remove the ivory-billed woodpecker (Campephilus principalis) from the list of species protected under...

The Biden administration has announced that it is creating the Hunting and Wildlife Conservation Council, a Federal Advisory Committee that will provide recommendations to the U.S. Departments of the Interior...