ESA rules will be changed under new administration
The U.S Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service plan to make a series of changes to the regulations implementing the Endangered Species ...
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USFWS proposes ESA listing for lesser prairie chickens
Under a new proposal from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, lesser prairie chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus) populations would be listed under the Endangered ...
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 ...
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 ...