USGS accepting applications to host Climate Science Center
Applications are now being accepted to host the Department of Interior’s North Central Climate Science Center. The NCCSC, which was founded in 2011 and is operated by the U.S. Geological...
Supreme Court sends water rule to district courts
On Jan. 22, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that challenges to the Clean Water Rule should be heard in federal district courts rather than in federal appeals courts. The Obama-era...
Eastern puma declared extinct, 80 years after last confirmed sighting
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has issued a final rule that declared the eastern puma (Puma concolor couguar) extinct. This review process began in July 2015, when the USFWS...
USFWS initiates reviews for several threatened or endangered species
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has called for a status review of 18 species currently listed as threatened or endangered. These status reviews, which are required once every five...
TWS member helps relocate caribou
Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) used to be abundant around Lake Superior, but lately they were in need of some help in order to repopulate. Earlier this month, the Ontario government, including...
Interior subjects grants to new executive review
The U.S. Department of Interior has increased its oversight of discretionary grant allocations and cooperative agreements made by its various bureaus. According to a Dec. 28 memorandum, all discretionary funding...
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Shutdown ends with promise of compromise
Both the House and Senate voted Monday to end the three-day partial shutdown of the federal government that began at midnight Saturday. The new continuing resolution — the fourth for...
Migratory Bird Treaty Act sees new interpretation
The Migratory Bird Treaty Act, which prohibits the attempted or actual pursuing, hunting, shooting, wounding, killing, trapping, capturing or collecting of over 800 species of migratory birds, has just been...
Battle over elephant trophy imports takes another turn
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has lost a legal battle over its April 2014 decision to ban the import of elephant trophies from Zimbabwe. The USFWS’ original decision to...
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