Tag: Endangered Species Act

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released a final ruling regarding human interactions with the northern long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis) under the Endangered Species Act. The final ruling comes after...

One of the first subspecies ever listed on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Endangered Species Act (ESA) was removed this year thanks to conservation work over the decades while...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) announced on December 21 that Endangered Species Act (ESA) protections will be extended to two subspecies of lion after threats such as habitat...

Numbers of Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem grizzly bears have been increasing enough that some researchers are saying the population could be delisted from the federal Endangered Species Act. Researchers say...

One of the first subspecies to be listed as federally endangered over 45 years ago has made its way back from the brink of extinction, thanks in large part to...

Last week the Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Fisheries, Water, and Wildlife held a briefing on “Improving the Endangered Species Act: Perspectives from the Fish and Wildlife Service...

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...

The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service announced their “not warranted” decision for the greater sage-grouse under the Endangered Species Act on September 22, 2015. This decision represents the culmination of...

The Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) reached a settlement last Wednesday, September 9, dictating when FWS must decide whether ten avian, fish,...

A 12-month finding by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) determined that listing the New England cottontail (Sylvilagus transitionalis) under the Endangered Species Act is not warranted. Secretary of...