Wyoming Chapter comments to improve sage-grouse regulations
New policies and regulations regarding greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) management were proposed in the state of Wyoming earlier this year in ...
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Review team submits sage-grouse management recommendations
The U.S. Department of the Interior released a report, developed by the Sage-Grouse Review Team, which provides an assessment of the 2015 federal Greater ...
State of the Birds 2017: Farm Bill Special Report released
The U.S. Committee of the North American Bird Conservation Initiative (NABCI) released the State of the Birds 2017: Farm Bill Special Report on Aug. 3. The Report ...
Senate bill introduced to reauthorize multiple conservation programs
The Hunting Heritage and Environmental Legacy Preservation for Wildlife Act (HELP for Wildlife Act), S.1514, introduced by Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) at the end of ...
TWS signs on to NMBCA reauthorization support letter
Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD), along with nine cosponsors (8D, 1R), introduced a bill (S. 1537) to reauthorize the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act (NMBCA). ...
TWS shows support for Climate Adaptation Science Centers
On Jun. 26, TWS joined 45 other organizations and scientists in sending a letter to the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Interior, Environment and ...
Court overturns DOJ’s McKittrick Policy
On Jun. 21, the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona ruled in favor of WildEarth Guardians and the New Mexico Wilderness Alliance when it found that the ...
Congress seeks wildfire funding fix with reintroduced bill
The Wildfire Disaster Funding Act (WDFA) has been reintroduced by Representatives Mike Simpson (R-ID) and Kurt Schrader (D-OR). The bill, previously introduced ...
Warming temperatures allow beavers to occupy arctic tundra
Beavers (Castor canadensis) have started to move further north in Canada due to changing climate conditions. The beaver is a national symbol of Canada, but the ...
Zinke orders review of sage grouse conservation plans
On Jun. 8, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke signed Secretarial Order 3353 (Greater Sage-Grouse Conservation and Cooperation with Western States). With the Order, the ...