Tag: National Marine Fisheries Service

October 27, 2016

ESA proceedings center on climate change projections

Two recent court decisions highlight how climate change projections can influence wildlife listing decisions under the Endangered Species Act. On Oct. 18, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reissued a...

September 30, 2016

Agencies raise standards for ESA listing petitions

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service (the Services) finalized a rule on Sept. 27 that sets higher standards for petitions to protect species under...

August 3, 2016

Federal agencies seek science about right whale, orangutan

The National Marine Fisheries Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have each begun a five-year review of species currently listed as federally endangered under the Endangered Species Act....

February 25, 2016

Agencies revise ESA state and federal collaboration policy

On Feb. 22, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service announced revisions to their interagency cooperative policy under the Endangered Species Act to clarify the role...