BLM reconsiders mineral extraction on 10 million acres
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is reconsidering preventing new mining, drilling or other mineral extraction in areas identified as important for sage-grouse management. The agency’s 2015 plan for management...
Environmental groups challenge jumping mouse management
The U.S. Forest Service should do more to protect the endangered New Mexico meadow jumping mouse (Zapus hudsonius luteus) in New Mexico and Arizona, argues a new lawsuit filed earlier...
Emperor penguin proposed for ESA listing
Citing the threat of melting sea ice due to climate change, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed listing emperor penguins (Aptenodyptes forsteri) as threatened under the Endangered Species Act....
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Senate infrastructure bill includes wildlife funding
The U.S. Senate passed a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill last week that will provide funding for wildlife crossings and invasive species control, among other funding for ground transportation and other...
Appropriations process continues as year-end approaches
The U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass a spending package in late July, which contains bills that set funding levels for the U.S. Departments of Agriculture and the Interior....
Administration to replace wetlands regulations
The Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers announced initial plans to replace a rule finalized during the Trump administration defining the “waters of the U.S.”—or WOTUS—under the...
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House subcommittee discusses Recovering America’s Wildlife Act
At a hearing held by the Water, Oceans, and Wildlife Subcommittee of the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee last week, legislators expressed their support for the passage of Recovering America’s...
Migratory Bird Protection Act reintroduced
The Migratory Bird Protection Act, legislation that would provide a path forward in public-private migratory species conservation work, has been reintroduced to the U.S. House of Representatives. Reps. Alan Lowenthal...
USFWS proposes designating critical habitat for threatened birds
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released proposals designating critical habitat under the Endangered Species Act for two threatened bird species earlier this month. Under a proposal rule published July 20,...
