U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service launches new permitting system
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has launched a new electronic permitting system for dealing with protected species. The new permitting system, or ePermits, will ...
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Trump administration to appeal migratory bird decision
The Trump administration intends to appeal the recent district court decision that struck down its policy interpreting the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to exclude ...
Lawsuit challenges decision not to list bi-state sage-grouse
Advocacy groups filed a lawsuit in late September challenging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s decision not to list the bi-state population of greater ...
Federal resource agencies still lack confirmed leaders
As the Trump administration nears the end of its first 4-year term, a number of natural resource agencies still find themselves without permanent, Senate-confirmed ...
Judge strikes down migratory bird incidental take memo
A New York federal district court judge ruled earlier this month that the Department of the Interior’s Solicitor’s interpretation that the Migratory Bird Treaty ...
House passes appropriations bills
The House has passed a package of Fiscal Year 2021 spending bills that would provide stable funding for the departments of the Interior and Agriculture for the 2021 ...
TWS says analyses on new MBTA rule are inadequate
The Wildlife Society recently determined that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s draft environmental impact statement accompanying a proposed rule that would ...
Judge temporarily allows grizzly removal in Wyoming
For now, the U.S. Forest Service can continue its grazing plan that includes removing grizzly bears from the Bridger-Teton National Forest in response to conflicts ...
USFWS releases environmental review of migratory bird rule
In a draft Environmental Impact Statement on its proposed rule to limit the enforcement of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act by excluding incidental take of bird ...
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 ...