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...To save threatened plants and animals, restore habitat on farms, ranches and other working lands
Restoring native habitats to at least 20 percent of the world’s land currently being used by humans for farming, ranching and forestry is necessary to protect biodiversity and slow species loss,…
Read More...Livestock conflicts linked to several grizzly deaths
Preliminary data suggests livestock conflicts were the primary cause of known grizzly bear deaths outside of Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem monitoring areas in 2020. Frank van Manen, supervisory research biologist for…
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...Bighorn sheep in Washington tests positive for disease
A bighorn sheep from the Cleman Mountain herd in central Washington state has tested positive for Mycloplasma, a bacteria that causes pneumonia in wild bighorn populations. The bacteria is usually…
Read More...Federal judge upholds habitat protections for endangered New Mexico meadow jumping mouse
A federal judge has upheld restrictions on 14,000 acres of land designated critical habitat by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. In 2018, the Northern New Mexico Stockman’s Association and…
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...Nevada dam changes give rare trout new life 115 years later
U.S. and tribal officials are celebrating completion of a $34 million fish bypass system at a Nevada dam that will allow a threatened trout species to return to some of…
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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