Tag: USFWS

The Wildlife Society is supporting proposed changes to the Endangered Species Act that would allow for more areas to be designated as critical habitat and change the definition of “habitat,”...

The state of Montana plans to petition the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, requesting that the agency remove grizzly bears (Ursus arctos horribilis) in the Northern Continental Divide ecosystem from...

The Wildlife Society is encouraging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to move forward with plans to regulate the incidental take of species listed under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act....

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is expanding its work on Cherokee lands. “We’re hopeful, in the long term, that we’ll move forward in a positive direction,” said Mike Lavoie,...

The Center for Biological Diversity challenged the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s 2020 decision to expand hunting and fishing on 2.3 million acres across 147 National Wildlife Refuges and National...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently reinforced red wolf protections by withdrawing a proposed rule that would have limited the species’ protection under the Endangered Species Act. In 2018,...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will increase critical habitat designated for northern spotted owls under the Endangered Species Act to approximately 9.4 million acres. This decision, announced in a...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is revising its Mexican gray wolf management to remove the current population cap and set a new genetic objective for the population, as well...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plans to rescind rules made during the final days of the Trump administration regarding the process for excluding areas from critical habitat designations for...

The Idaho Department of Fish and Game has developed a plan, in response to recent legislation, in which the agency will offer payments to hunters and trappers who harvest gray...