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 ...
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New conservation agreement to benefit monarchs
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed a Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances, where transportation and energy partners around the country will ...
TWS submits testimony on agriculture appropriations
The Wildlife Society submitted written testimony to the House Interior Appropriations Committee’s Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug ...
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 ...
Federal grants provide wildlife funding for states
Last month, wildlife professionals and supporters from around the country gathered in Washington, D.C. to participate in an annual fly-in highlighting the value of ...
House subcommittee discusses wildlife conservation bills
The Water, Oceans and Wildlife subcommittee of the House Natural Resources Committee met last week to consider several wildlife conservation bills, in a legislative ...
Bill would limit drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
The House Natural Resources Energy and Mineral Resources subcommittee held a hearing last week on The Need to Protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Coastal ...
BLM releases final changes to sage-grouse plans
The Bureau of Land Management has finalized changes to its management plans for greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) conservation on public ...
TWS publishes new issue statement on killing contests
The Wildlife Society’s Executive Committee recently approved a new issue statement on wildlife killing contests. In the document, The Wildlife Society discourages ...
USFWS sued over winter feeding
Defenders of Wildlife, the Sierra Club and the National Wildlife Refuge Association sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in an effort to halt the winter feeding ...