The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued an emergency endangered listing for Dixie Valley toad on April 7 due to the extinction risk posed by a geothermal project. The Dixie Valley toad (Anaxyrus williamsi), first …
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,” thereby helping wildlife professionals conserve …
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 final rule last week, revokes …
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, the USFWS would revise the …
The New Mexico meadow jumping mouse will receive more habitat protections on national forests in eastern Arizona, under a recent court case settlement agreement. In a case filed in February 2020, the Center for Biological …
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will delay implementation of the final rule reducing northern spotted owl (Strix occidentalis caurina) critical habitat in Washington, Oregon and California, they announced earlier this week. In January, the …
Eight U.S. Senators are asking the Inspector General at the Department of the Interior to review the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s recent decision to drastically reduce the amount of critical habitat designated for the …
The past year was a significant one for wildlife policy. Here are some of the issues that were particularly important for wildlife and TWS priorities. Reconsidering “habitat” The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National …
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has released a final rule updating its process of excluding areas from critical habitat designations for threatened and endangered species under Endangered Species Act. Under the ESA, the Secretary …
A U.S. federal district court judge dismissed a 2018 lawsuit challenging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s 2016 designation of critical habitat for the New Mexico meadow jumping mouse (Zapus hudsonius luteus). The Northern New …
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