Trump administration returns management and protection of gray wolves to states and tribes following successful recovery efforts
More than 45 years after gray wolves were first listed under the ESA, the Trump Administration and its many conservation partners are announcing the successful recovery of the gray wolf…
Read More...Feds to announce gray wolf delisting
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Thursday will announce a new rule to remove federal Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves across the Lower 48 states. The move…
Read More...USDA updates EQIP rule
The U.S. Department of Agriculture released the final rule for its Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). The rule updates USDA’s flagship program as directed by the 2018 farm bill and integrates feedback from…
Read More...USDA issues $1.68 billion in payments to producers enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program
The USDA is issuing $1.68 billion in payments to agricultural producers and landowners for the 21.9 million acres enrolled in CRP, which provides annual rental payment for land devoted to…
Read More...Trump signs order backing 1 Trillion Trees effort
President Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday to make his pledge to help plant, restore, and conserve a trillion trees a reality. The executive order puts some federal government muscle behind Trump’s…
Read More...Court weighs tribes’ aboriginal water claims for Jemez River
A decadeslong battle over a northern New Mexico river has taken another turn, as a panel of federal appellate judges has reversed a lower court ruling by determining that the…
Read More...USFWS pulls wolverine protection proposal
The US Fish and Wildlife Service has denied protection to wolverines under the Endangered Species Act, frustrating conservation groups who argue the species faces an existential threat from the climate crisis. According…
Read More...USDA publishes Final Rule for Conservation Stewardship Program
USDA today released the final rule for its Conservation Stewardship Program. The rule makes updates to the popular conservation program as directed by the 2018 Farm Bill as well as…
Read More...Suit aims to force listing of bistate grouse on NV-CA line
Citing the government’s repeated reversals and refusals to protect a cousin of the greater sage grouse the last two decades, conservationists are suing again to try to force the federal…
Read More...Wyoming officials call for endangered species reform with grizzly population ‘booming’
Wyoming Game and Fish Director and Wyoming Stock Growers Association Executive Vice President have penned a joint editorial calling for changes to grizzly bear protections under the ESA citing a…
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