USFWS finalizes increased habitat for northern spotted owls
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will increase critical habitat designated for northern spotted owls under the Endangered Species Act to approximately 9.4 million ...
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USFWS proposes changes to Mexican gray wolf management
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is revising its Mexican gray wolf management to remove the current population cap and set a new genetic objective for the ...
USFWS plans to rescind key critical habitat rules
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plans to rescind rules made during the final days of the Trump administration regarding the process for excluding areas from ...
Idaho to reimburse hunter expenses for wolf harvest
The Idaho Department of Fish and Game has developed a plan, in response to recent legislation, in which the agency will offer payments to hunters and trappers who ...
Wisconsin DNR sets conservative wolf harvest quota
Wisconsin’s Department of Natural Resources set the quota for the upcoming wolf hunting season at 130 animals, contravening the state’s Natural Resources Board. ...
New USFWS grants support wetlands, endangered species
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced new grants for both wetlands conservation and endangered species conservation in recent weeks. The Migratory Bird ...
BLM withdraws cattle from tortoise habitat in California
The Bureau of Land Management reversed its recent decision to allow a rancher to move cattle through Mojave desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) habitat on federal ...
Environmental groups challenge jumping mouse management
The U.S. Forest Service should do more to protect the endangered New Mexico meadow jumping mouse (Zapus hudsonius luteus) in New Mexico and Arizona, argues a new ...
Emperor penguin proposed for ESA listing
Citing the threat of melting sea ice due to climate change, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed listing emperor penguins (Aptenodyptes forsteri) as ...
USFWS proposes designating critical habitat for threatened birds
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released proposals designating critical habitat under the Endangered Species Act for two threatened bird species earlier this ...