Conservationists Signal Impending Legal Challenge Over Removal of Federal Safeguards By Matthew Bishop and Kelly Nokes, Western Environmental Law Center On June 30, 2017, WildEarth Guardians notified the US Fish and Wildlife Service it will sue the agency over […]
By Christy Leavitt, environmentamerica.org On January 10, 2017, the US Fish and Wildlife Service listed the rusty patched bumble bee as an endangered species. The native bumble bee is the first bee in the continental United […]
One of Only 45 Red Wolves Remaining Found Dead on North Carolina Refuge By Brett Hartl, biologicaldiversity.org The Center for Biological Diversity on December 30, 2016, added $7,500 to the reward for information leading to a […]
Nonprofit Says Condoms Highlight Need for Reproductive Rights to Combat Wildlife Extinction, Unsustainable Human Population Growth By Leigh Moyer, biologicaldiversity.org As Americans mark the end of 2016 and prepare for the inauguration of President-elect Donald […]
The US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) is reopening the public comment period on a proposed rule to list the North American wolverine as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. The FWS had proposed to list […]
Court Grants the State of New Mexico Preliminary Injunction on Mexican Gray Wolf Releases US Fish and Wildlife Service Ordered to Stop All Future Releases Released by Catalina Tresky, defenders.org On June 10, 2016, a federal district […]
Released by JoAnn Adkins, fiu.edu The first captive-bred Florida Grasshopper Sparrow hatched last week under the care of researchers with the Florida International University (FIU) Tropical Conservation Institute. One of the world’s most endangered birds, the Florida Grasshopper Sparrow […]
Defenders of Wildlife Demands Endangered Species Protection for Bats Released by Haley McKey, defenders.org Defenders of Wildlife filed suit May 12, 2016, against the US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) for denying the northern long-eared bat full […]
Defense Spending Bill is Burdened, Once Again, with Unrelated Anti-Wildlife Riders Released by Haley McKey, defenders.org On April 27, 2016, the US House Armed Services Committee included several destructive riders for wildlife in the markup of the National Defense […]
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