Hawaiian stilt may be downlisted to threatened
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to reclassify the ae’o, or the Hawaiian stilt (Himantopus mexicanusknudseni), from endangered to threatened under ...
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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. ...
States increase wolf management actions
After gray wolves in the contiguous United States were removed from the list of threatened and endangered species under the Endangered Species Act earlier this ...
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 ...
New bills would exclude non-native species from ESA protections
Both the U.S. House and the Senate recently introduced legislation that would amend the nation’s Endangered Species Act to prohibit listing non-native species as ...
Wisconsin to hold February wolf harvest season
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has opened a last-minute hunting and trapping season for gray wolves. The season will run from Feb. 22 to 28, 2021. ...
Group files petition to list Texas ocelots as distinct population
WildEarth Guardians has petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to list ocelots (Leopardus pardalis pardalis) in Texas as a distinct population segment under ...
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 ...
Federal court orders release of captive red wolves into the wild
A federal district court has ordered the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to resume releasing captive red wolves from a captive breeding population into the wild. In ...
Lawsuit challenges gray wolf delisting
Several advocacy groups filed suit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, challenging the agency’s decision to remove the gray wolf (Canis lupus) from the ...