Frog case settled with no decision on habitat definition
A years-long court battle between the administration and a private property owner over exactly what constitutes “habitat” for an endangered frog ended recently ...
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Recovery plan revisions for 43 more species open for comment
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released draft revisions for 29 Endangered Species Act recovery plans, which provide guidance for the recovery of 43 federally ...
USFWS reconsiders listing California and Nevada sage-grouse
In Sept. 2018, a federal judge in California vacated the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s 2015 decision not to list the greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus ...
California condors to be reintroduced in Pacific Northwest
California condors (Gymnogyps californianus), which were first listed as endangered in 1967, under the precursor to the Endangered Species Act, are slated to be ...
House subcommittee examines the state of wildlife
The Water, Oceans and Wildlife subcommittee of the House Natural Resources Committee held a hearing on the State of Wildlife last week. The hearing was the third ...
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announces gray wolf recovery
Last week, during the North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference, acting Interior Secretary David Bernhardt announced that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife ...
USFWS to list scarlet macaw subspecies as endangered
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced its decisions to list the northern subspecies of scarlet macaw (Ara macao cyanoptera) as endangered under the ...
Recovery plans updated for 42 species
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has updated recovery plans developed under the Endangered Species Act to ensure that the recovery criteria are measurable and ...
More legal challenges over gray wolves, grizzly bears
Over the past several years, gray wolves (Canis lupus) have been the subject of several efforts by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to delist the species under ...
House passes legislation to delist gray wolves
The House of Representatives narrowly passed the Manage our Wolves Act, H.R. 6784, which would remove the gray wolf (Canis lupus) in the contiguous 48 states ...