Tag: Endangered Species Act

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced potential changes to the management of a nonessential experimental population of red wolves (Canis rufus) found in North Carolina. Public comments on the...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will review the status of 38 southwestern species listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act. Under review are species found in...

A limited grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) hunt near Yellowstone National Park was recently approved by the Idaho Fish and Game Commission. The state will provide one randomly-selected Idaho resident...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will begin five-year status reviews of 156 species of plants and animals listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act. The USFWS...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued a final rule last week declaring that the lesser long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris yerbabuenae) is no longer threatened with extinction and can be removed...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently released a general conservation plan intended to “protect the Utah prairie dog and benefit economic productivity.” This plan, released in consultation with the...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed to reclassify the Hawaiian goose (Branta (=Nesochen) sandvicensis), also known as the nene, from endangered to threatened. This proposal is “based on a...

The National Marine Fisheries Service has announced its intent to conduct five-year status reviews for three endangered whale species. These include the endangered fin whale (Baleaenoptera physalus), sei whale (Baleaenoptera...

The Supreme Court has decided to hear a case centering on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife’s controversial designation of land as critical habitat for an endangered frog, despite the species...

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...