USFWS finalizes cormorant management rule
A new special permit will allow state and federally recognized tribal wildlife agencies in the contiguous United States to lethally control cormorants. In late ...
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USFWS releases Migratory Bird Treaty Act rule
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has released its final rule reducing the ability of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to prevent actions that injure or kill native ...
Final critical habitat rule released
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has released a final rule updating its process of excluding areas from critical habitat designations for threatened and ...
USFWS declines to list monarch or uplist owl
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced that higher priority listing actions under the Endangered Species Act will prevent it from listing the monarch ...
ESA releases final habitat definition
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service have released the final definition of the term “habitat” under the Endangered Species ...
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service faces lawsuits over sage-grouse, lynx
The Center for Biological Diversity and Western Watersheds Project have filed suit against the U.S. Forest Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, as well ...
USFWS releases final environmental review on MBTA rule
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has released the final environmental impact statement assessing its proposed rule that reduces migratory bird protections, which ...
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 ...
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 ...