Advocacy groups urge more protection for old-growth forest species
Advocacy groups have filed lawsuits against the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service over its recent decisions regarding Endangered Species Act protections for two ...
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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 ...
Proposed bill would aid global amphibian conservation
The U.S. House of Representatives is considering legislation that would support international amphibian conservation efforts. The bill — the “Global Amphibian ...
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. ...
Montana may amend wildlife management section of Constitution
The Montana legislature is considering a bill that would ask voters to designate hunting, fishing and trapping as the preferred methods of fish and wildlife ...
TWS, others submit Interior mitigation recommendations
The Wildlife Society joined a coalition of conservation, sportsman, and landowner organizations to provide recommendations for the U.S. Department of the Interior ...
‘American Rescue Plan’ includes funding for wildlife
The American Rescue Plan, $1.9 trillion stimulus package passed in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, is providing funding to address wildlife disease ...
Biden administration supports refuge-splitting road in Alaska
The Biden administration is supporting an effort to build a road through Izembek National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. In 2019, then-Secretary of the Interior David ...
Florida restricts high-risk invasive reptiles
Florida recently approved new rules to manage the importation, breeding, and possession of invasive reptile species that pose a high risk to native ecosystems. In a ...
Senate votes in Haaland as U.S. Secretary of the Interior
Representative Deb Haaland, an enrolled member of the Pueblo of Laguna, has become the first Native American to serve as Secretary of the Interior after a U.S. ...