Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke wants federal fish and wildlife managers to better align their policies with state rules. In a memo Monday to officials in the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and other agencies […]
On October 20, Director of US Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) Dan Ashe announced the decision regulating the import of sport-hunted lion trophies under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) from South Africa. The United States […]
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has completed initial reviews for 29 petitions to list or delist species under the Endangered Species Act. The following is a summary of the petition findings for species that […]
The Indiana bat was first listed as endangered in 1967, under the precursor to the Endangered Species Act due to population declines associated with disturbance during hibernation and changes to the hibernacula. However, protection of […]
The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation lauds the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) for using scientific practices and procedures to remove wolves from state Endangered Species Act (ESA) protection. “This is the right move. […]
As House members met today to vote on a massive defense spending package, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers roundly condemned a rider in the bill that would block activities aimed at conserving populations of the greater […]
A Texas hunter has received from the U.S. government a permit to bring home the taxidermy from a planned hunt for a black rhino in Namibia. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service – which administers […]
Fox News New Orleans reported 1st:A hunter killed a Louisiana black bear after he says he mistook it for a wild hog. According to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, agents received a call […]
American Bird Conservancy (ABC) has raised serious concerns about a plan by Heritage Sustainable Energy, DTE Energy, Exelon Corporation, and NextEra Energy to construct additional commercial wind turbines in Huron County, Michigan, which could eventually […]
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has rejected the claim that the African lion merited listing as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act. After a long and comprehensive review of the species […]
Thanks to a thirty-year community conservation program in the remote mountains of Pakistan, a key population of the straight-horned markhor, a type of wild mountain goat, has made a remarkable recovery to the point where […]
NOAA announced today it will afford Endangered Species Act protections to 20 coral species. All 20 species will be listed as threatened, none as endangered. Fifteen of the newly listed species occur in the Indo-Pacific […]
NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries) is announcing $4.7 million in grants through the Species Recovery Grant Program. This grant money will fund continuing multi-year awards as well as new awards for fiscal year […]
Sportsmen cautiously optimistic regarding management plan for sustaining populations of the game bird on public lands in central Wyoming. A new Bureau of Land Management plan for public lands important to greater sage-grouse makes progress […]
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Marine Fisheries Service (together, the Services) – the two federal agencies responsible for administering the Endangered Species Act (ESA) – today […]
LA Times Reported First: Federal authorities announced Friday that the geographically isolated Alexander Archipelago wolf of southeast Alaska’s Tongass National Forest may need protection under the Endangered Species Act
It’s 9,500 miles from West Texas to South Africa. But both places are home to wildlife species joined in a struggle that pits local, on-the-ground conservation measures against the world’s most suffocating bureaucracy in Washington […]
Missoulian Reported First: Idaho Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter has signed a bill to create a state board that will work to control the growth of wolf populations in the state. The Republicaan signed the bill […]
An inconspicuous minnow that inhabits the backwaters of the Willamette Valley gained national prominence this week when it became the first fish in the United States meet its recovery goals under the federal Endangered Species […]
Two members of the Kennedy family who thought they were doing a good deed by freeing an entangled sea turtle actually violated the law, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. John Bullard of […]
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced nearly $32 million in grants to 20 states to help advance their collaborative efforts to conserve America’s rarest species. The cooperative grants will provide vital support to efforts […]
Today, experts on the status of the African lion explained to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) that the African lion is not on the brink of extinction. Their testimony contradicts the claims in […]
As the two oldest sportsmen groups with decades of commitment to fundamental wildlife policies, the Boone and Crockett Club and Wildlife Management Institute welcome the initiative of members of the House who have joined to […]
Congress is expected to vote soon on what’s being called the most important pro-sporting legislation in a generation. The Sportsmen’s Act (S. 3525) is a package of bills including one that culminates three years of […]
Removal of the Wyoming gray wolf from endangered list is based in sound science, achieves long-term management objectives for the species Calling it a “victory for responsible wildlife management,” the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership roundly […]
As more and more states place restrictions on hunters—or eliminate types of hunting like the proposed ban on using hounds to hunt bears and bobcats in California—it is apparent that big predators like wolves and […]
On Wednesday, August 8th a coalition of animal rights groups filed a lawsuit against the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) in an attempt to stop the state’s upcoming wolf hunt. The hunting season, which […]
The U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance has long been concerned over provisions within the Endangered Species Act that anti-hunting groups are using more and more to get large government payouts for filing lawsuits that do not help […]
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