Tag: FWS

When the U.S. House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies convened on April 18 to discuss the Interior’s proposed fiscal year 2023 budget, legislators questioned Interior Secretary Deb...

The Biden Administration is requesting from Congress an overall 7% increase to the federal discretionary budget for Fiscal Year 2023, with targeted requests for the U.S. Department of the Interior’s...

Under a new policy, the Environmental Protection Agency will now take into account impacts of pesticides on species listed under the Endangered Species Act before allowing the chemicals to be...

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 2015, the USFWS...

On his first day in office, President Biden issued an executive order calling for his administration to review actions and policies implemented by the former administration related to the environment...

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 list of protected species under...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has removed gray wolves (Canis lupus) in the contiguous United States from the Endangered Species Act. First listed under the ESA in the 1970’s,...

A newly released bill in the U.S. Senate would amend the Endangered Species Act, transferring more authority to state and local experts. The Endangered Species Act Amendments of 2020 (S....

A recent draft recovery plan the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released for federally threatened Gunnison sage-grouse (Centrocercus minimus) would relocate the birds to increase local populations. The Service plans...

The Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge in Albuquerque, N.M., isn’t your typical wildlife refuge – it’s a small grassy field that recently supported a dairy farm. On a field...