Agencies agree to jumping mouse protections
The New Mexico meadow jumping mouse will receive more habitat protections on national forests in eastern Arizona, under a recent court case settlement agreement. ...
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USFWS delays northern spotted owl critical habitat rule
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will delay implementation of the final rule reducing northern spotted owl (Strix occidentalis caurina) critical habitat in ...
Lawmakers seek review of owl habitat decision
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...