Partnering Up
How a collaboration between government agencies, conservation groups and landowners in Montana is showing that wildlife conservation and human prosperity can coexist.
Read More...Conservation groups sue over status of black-footed ferrets
A trio of conservation groups sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Thursday over its management of black-footed ferrets in Wyoming. Even though the black-footed ferret, North America’s only…
Read More...Senators urge emergency protections for wolves in U.S. West
A group of Democratic lawmakers on Thursday urged the Biden administration to enact emergency protections for gray wolves in the U.S. West in response to Republican-backed state laws that make…
Read More...More protections for Mexican wolf proposed
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to amend management regulations for Mexican wolves in Arizona and New Mexico. The proposed changes would remove limits on the current number…
Read More...Wildlife agencies to cancel Trump-era endangered species rules
The Biden administration moved to rescind two Trump administration environmental rollbacks that crimped the designation of critical habitat to protect threatened or endangered species.
Read More...Top 5 Considerations for Increasing Wildlife Diversity
Land management decisions and actions that focus on the following five considerations produce the most diverse wildlife populations: 1) habitat diversity, 2) ecosystem processes, 3) soil health, 4) ecological stewardship…
Read More...White House Announces Nomination of Martha Williams as Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service
The White House today announced the intent to nominate Martha Williams as Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service. Martha has been serving as Principal Deputy Director since January 20,…
Read More...Early hopeful signs from California’s plan to bring back monarch butterflies
Across the state, environmental and nature conservation organizations are teaming up to create and restore suitable habitats for the butterflies, which in the past would migrate by the tens of thousands to…
Read More...Wildfire smoke disrupts bird migration in the West
Early fall wildfires in the western states and the smoke they generate pose a risk to birds migrating in the Pacific Flyway, according to a new study by the U.S. Geological Survey. GPS…
Read More...The controversial plan to bring jaguars back to the US
Jaguars are federally protected in a portion of southern Arizona and New Mexico. Yet some conservationists say that’s not enough, and that it’s time to bring Panthera onca back to what…
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