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). NMBCA was enacted in 2000 and...
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 Related Agencies stressing the need...
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 government...
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 during the 113th and 114th Congress, varies slightly...
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 species is not native...
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 U.S. Department of the Interior will establish...
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Interior requests rehearing on revived spotted owl case
On May 26, the U.S. Department of the Interior filed a petition for a rehearing by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia concerning a decision to...
TWS and SAF lead letter in support of USFS R&D funding
On Jun. 6, several organizations and professional societies, led by The Wildlife Society and the Society of American Foresters, sent a letter to both the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on...
NECIS sends letter to EPA on Kaput Feral Hog Bait
On Jun. 2, the National Environmental Coalition on Invasive Species (NECIS) sent a letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt urging the agency to immediately suspend or cancel...
