Tag: policy

May 13, 2020

Interior begins reopening agencies and facilities

In a memo dated April 30, Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt informed Interior employees that, pursuant to the administration’s Opening Up America Again plan, the department would begin “transitioning...

May 12, 2020

TWS advocates for wildlife crossings

The Wildlife Society joined nearly 40 other organizations representing natural resource professionals, conservationists and sportspersons asking House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure leadership to consider safe passage for wildlife over...

May 6, 2020

USFWS revises critical habitat proposals for garters, cuckoo

Critical habitat designations that would reduce the critical habitat for two species of garter snakes in the southwestern United States are moving forward — seven years after being originally proposed....

May 5, 2020

Amid pandemic, TWS urges consideration of biodiversity in wildlife trade

The Wildlife Society joined more than 250 conservation and development experts and organizations from around the world in writing to the heads of the World Health Organization, the United Nations...

April 30, 2020

Federal court sends pipeline permit back for consultation

A federal court vacated a permit issued by the Army Corps of Engineers for construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, which will carry crude oil extracted from tar sands...

April 29, 2020

Final Clean Water Act rule limits waterway protection

A final rule implementing a new definition of “waters of the United States,” published by the Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers, will limit the reach of the...

April 23, 2020

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to review Mexican wolf management

In response to a 2018 court order, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will review its Mexican gray wolf management by preparing a supplement to their 2014 environmental impact statement....

April 22, 2020

Seventy-five species to be added to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will add 75 species to the list of bird species covered by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. The agency will also remove eight species....

April 16, 2020

Organizations plead for wildlife market closures

Amidst concern about the current coronavirus pandemic, which was likely linked to live wildlife markets, more than 240 organizations from around the world joined together last week, urging the World...

April 15, 2020

The Wildlife Society advocates for USDA wildlife program funding

As congressional appropriators continue to develop their Fiscal Year 2021 spending bills, The Wildlife Society recommends spending levels for several U.S. Department of Agriculture programs affecting wildlife management and conservation....