Tag: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Environmental group sues over protections for 20 species
PORTLAND, Ore. — An environmental group filed a lawsuit Thursday alleging the federal government has failed to act on petitions to protect nine species...
Conservation groups sue Engineer Corps over Yazoo Pumps
JACKSON, Miss. — A coalition of conservation groups is suing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over a massive flood-control project in the south...
Old documents fuel latest bid to halt Nevada lithium mine
RENO, Nev. — Few people had ever heard of Tiehm’s buckwheat when conservationists filed a petition two years ago to list the desert wildflower...
After 100 years, California condor could return to northwest
SAN FRANCISCO — The endangered California condor could return to the Pacific Northwest for the first time in 100 years.
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US report: Bald eagle populations soar in lower 48 states
WASHINGTON — The number of American bald eagles has quadrupled since 2009, with more than 300,000 birds soaring over the lower 48 states, government...
Conservationists sue to save spotted owl logging protections
PORTLAND, Ore. — Environmental groups have filed a lawsuit seeking to preserve protections for 3.4 million acres (1.4 million hectares) of northern spotted owl...
Wild population of endangered Mexican wolves keeps growing
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Once on the verge of extinction, the rarest subspecies of the gray wolf in North America has seen its population nearly...
Government offers plan to release more endangered red wolves
Government wildlife officials released two more critically endangered red wolves into the wild in North Carolina and could place several more captive-bred wolves into...
Incomplete polar bear survey halts Alaska oil search bid
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — An Alaska Native corporation that was hoping to receive a federal permit to look for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife...
Louisiana challenges California ban on alligator products
NEW ORLEANS — In the Trump administration’s last days, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed a change to rules protecting alligators - a...