Tag: USFWS

Wisconsin’s Department of Natural Resources set the quota for the upcoming wolf hunting season at 130 animals, contravening the state’s Natural Resources Board. The DNR biologists had recommended a quota...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced new grants for both wetlands conservation and endangered species conservation in recent weeks. The Migratory Bird Conservation Commission approved more than $34...

In a highly anticipated set of regulatory actions, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is reinstating incidental take protections for species listed under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. This week,...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will be completing a comprehensive status review of the gray wolf in the western U.S. after its delisting from the federal Endangered Species Act...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is considering changing the permitting regulations for the incidental take of bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) and golden eagles to streamline the process, making it straightforward and...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has removed the requirement to depict hunting-related imagery on future duck stamps. This final rule reverses a controversial 2020 rule that made “Celebrating Waterfowl...

Even at Manassas National Battlefield Park, it’s hard to get a glimpse of a bobwhite, although its namesake call can be heard throughout the grasslands. For decades, the northern Virginia...

The Migratory Bird Protection Act, legislation that would provide a path forward in public-private migratory species conservation work, has been reintroduced to the U.S. House of Representatives. Reps. Alan Lowenthal...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released proposals designating critical habitat under the Endangered Species Act for two threatened bird species earlier this month. Under a proposal rule published July 20,...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has released the Birds of Conservation Concern 2021 report, which lists 269 bird species that the agency has identified as in need of conservation...