Year in Review: An important year for wildlife policy
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 ...
critical habitat
Final critical habitat rule released
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 ...
Challenge to meadow jumping mouse habitat designation denied
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 ...
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plans to reduces owl habitat
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently proposed to reduce the critical habitat designated for the northern spotted owl in Oregon. The agency proposed removing ...
USFWS revises critical habitat proposals for garters, cuckoo
Critical habitat designations that would reduce the critical habitat for two species of garter snakes in the southwestern United States are moving forward — seven ...
States file suit over new critical habitat rules
On Nov. 29, a group of 18 states filed a lawsuit in opposition to changes made this year to how critical habitat can be designated for federally threatened and ...
Kansas Chapter issues statement on state wildlife bill
The Kansas Chapter of The Wildlife Society issued a position statement opposing Senate Bill No. 384 (SB 384), which would make changes to the Kansas Nongame and ...
USFWS Releases Final Recovery Plan for Wyoming Toad
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced last week the release of a final recovery plan for a rare toad whose population has been hit hard by a deadly fungal ...
Hawaiian Monk Seals Gain Critical Habitat Protection
Critically endangered Hawaiian monk seals (Monachus schauinslandi) now have a better chance to revive their population thanks to an increase in almost 7,000 square ...