Most funding for endangered species only benefits a few creatures
Since the passage of the Endangered Species Act 50 years ago, more than 1,700 plants, mammals, fish, insects, and other species in the U.S. have …
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Grayling Headed To Extinction
In 1991, George Wuerthner and Jasper Carlton, at the Biodiversity Legal Foundation, petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to list the Arctic Grayling …
Does voluntary conservation work?
Can pre-listing conservation save the last native population of Arctic grayling in the Lower 48? The Montana population of the Arctic grayling was designated as …
Olympic Peninsula Steelhead ESA Listing May Be Warranted
Well, this changes things. A petition to list Olympic Peninsula steelhead under federal Endangered Species Act protections has been accepted by the National Marine Fisheries …
Groups Petition To List Olympic Peninsula Steelhead Under ESA
The Wild Fish Conservancy and The Conservation Angler requested the National Marine Fisheries Service list the prized fish as either threatened or endangered in an …
US Protections for Idaho Salmon, Steelhead Are Here to Stay
A five-year review by U.S. officials has determined that Endangered Species Act protections for ocean-going salmon and steelhead that reproduce in the Snake River and …
Biden Admin Plans Roll Back of Trump Endangered Species Act Rules
The Biden administration will formally introduce regulatory proposals to rescind changes the Trump administration made to how agencies interpret parts of the Endangered Species Act, …
No More Detail Needed In Bull Trout Plan
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service doesn’t have to rewrite its 2015 plan for bull trout recovery based on a recent court ruling. In her …
Trump administration overrides endangered species protections to access water California’s firefighters say they don’t need
The Trump administration says that water in California should be prioritized for wildfire response instead of endangered species protections, even though state officials say they have enough …
Bill to give NOAA’s endangered species power to Interior advances
By a 22-14 vote, the US House of Representatives’ Natural Resources Committee on Wednesday approved a bill that would give the National Oceanic and Atmospheric …