Tag: policy

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced last week that it will not list the bi-state population of greater sage grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus), a distinct population of the species found...

The Center for Biological Diversity and the Sierra Club filed a lawsuit in late March in federal court against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S. Forest Service,...

Three advocacy groups sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last week, asserting that the agency unlawfully rejected their petition to list the distinct population segment of Yellowstone bison (Bison...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced last week that it will initiate a five-year status review of the dusky gopher frog (Lithobates sevosus), the species at the center of a legal debate...

The Wildlife Society recently expressed concerns about the new interpretation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, which indicates that non-intentional, incidental take and killing of migratory birds is permitted under...

A federal appeals court ruled last week that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s designation of critical habitat for the jaguar (Panthera onca) was invalid, finding that the agency acted...

As congressional appropriators begin to develop their Fiscal Year 2021 spending bills, The Wildlife Society recommended spending levels for the U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of...

A recent report from the Government Accountability Office found that the administration did not meet relevant standards and practices in moving the headquarters of the Bureau of Land Management from...

The Wildlife Society, along with other professional societies, recently expressed concerns that some proposed changes to the National Environmental Policy Act could have serious effects on natural resources and asked...

Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt appeared last week in front of the Senate Interior and Environment Appropriations Subcommittee, defending the administration’s budget request for Fiscal Year 2021. That budget...