Tag: policy

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will delay implementation of the final rule reducing northern spotted owl (Strix occidentalis caurina) critical habitat in Washington, Oregon and California, they announced earlier...

A recent U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee confirmation hearing for Representative Deb Haaland, President Biden’s nominee for Secretary of the Interior, will help the Senate make a decision...

Both the U.S. House and the Senate recently introduced legislation that would amend the nation’s Endangered Species Act to prohibit listing non-native species as threatened or endangered. Introduced by Sen....

The Wildlife Society is supporting a recent proposal that would streamline the consultation process for federal land management agencies under the Endangered Species Act. New rules for consultations under the...

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has opened a last-minute hunting and trapping season for gray wolves. The season will run from Feb. 22 to 28, 2021. During that week,...

Members of the National Environmental Coalition on Invasive Species have provided recommendations to the Biden-Harris Administration and the 117th Congress on mechanisms to tackle invasive species prevention and management. The...

WildEarth Guardians has petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to list ocelots (Leopardus pardalis pardalis) in Texas as a distinct population segment under the Endangered Species Act. The group...

The Biden administration is reviewing Trump-era rulemaking on laws protecting migratory birds and wetlands. Recent changes in interpretations of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and the Clean Water Act reduced...

Eight U.S. Senators are asking the Inspector General at the Department of the Interior to review the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s recent decision to drastically reduce the amount of...

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...