Tag: ESA

May 6, 2020

USFWS revises critical habitat proposals for garters, cuckoo

Critical habitat designations that would reduce the critical habitat for two species of garter snakes in the southwestern United States are moving forward — seven years after being originally proposed....

April 30, 2020

Federal court sends pipeline permit back for consultation

A federal court vacated a permit issued by the Army Corps of Engineers for construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, which will carry crude oil extracted from tar sands...

April 23, 2020

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to review Mexican wolf management

In response to a 2018 court order, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will review its Mexican gray wolf management by preparing a supplement to their 2014 environmental impact statement....

Sage-grouse
April 9, 2020

California and Nevada sage-grouse will not be listed under ESA

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced last week that it will not list the bi-state population of greater sage grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus), a distinct population of the species found...

Yellowstone grizzly
April 8, 2020

Environmental groups challenge grazing effects on grizzlies

The Center for Biological Diversity and the Sierra Club filed a lawsuit in late March in federal court against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S. Forest Service,...

April 2, 2020

U.S Fish and Wildlife Service sued to compel bison listing

Three advocacy groups sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last week, asserting that the agency unlawfully rejected their petition to list the distinct population segment of Yellowstone bison (Bison...

March 31, 2020

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to review dusky gopher frog status

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced last week that it will initiate a five-year status review of the dusky gopher frog (Lithobates sevosus), the species at the center of a legal debate...

March 25, 2020

Court rejects jaguar critical habitat designation

A federal appeals court ruled last week that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s designation of critical habitat for the jaguar (Panthera onca) was invalid, finding that the agency acted...

March 10, 2020

Legislation introduced would delist gray wolves

Legislation introduced last week by Reps. Rob Bishop (R-Utah) and Collin Peterson (D-Minn.) would remove gray wolves(Canis lupus) from Endangered Species Act protections. The American Wild Game and Livestock Protection...

February 5, 2020

Wolverine listing delay leading to lawsuit

Ten environmental organizations, including Defenders of Wildlife and the Center for Biological Diversity, intend to suethe U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to compel the agency to list wolverines (Gulo gulo)under the...