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California Channel Islands Foxes No Longer Endangered
Opinion -On February 12, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) proposed removing the San Miguel, Santa Rose, and Santa Cruz fox subspecies from the Endangered Species List and downgrading the Santa Catalina Island fox from “endangered” to “threatened” status. -
Legislative Pulse: Montana State Sen. Fielder Fights for Stronger State Role on Lands and Species
Opinion -Editor’s Note: Montana state Sen. Jennifer Fielder (R-Thompson Falls) serves on the Senate Judiciary; Fish and Game; and Natural Resources Committees. She chaired Montana’s study of federal lands in 2013. Burnett: Sen. -
Sage Grouse Not Endangered, Fish and Wildlife Service Decides
Opinion -The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) announced it has declined to list the greater sage grouse as endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act. -
Obama Administration: Sage Grouse Not Endangered
Opinion -The Obama administration announced it will decline to give the greater sage grouse protected status as an endangered species. The administration credited voluntary land preservation programs for making an endangered listing unnecessary. -
Groups Fight Bureaucracy Over Endangered Bird That Was Never in Danger
Opinion -Bad science and corrupt bureaucrats turned a beautiful migratory songbird that nests only in Texas into a 1990s terror that good science and concerned citizens are now fighting to exonerate. -
The Endangered Animal Act of Futility
Opinion -David W. Snook, 57, of Bridgewater, New Jersey died on January 15, when two deer leaped into the path of his Dodge Ram on Route 206. One of them was airborne when it smashed through the front windshield, striking him before exiting out the rear window. -
Feds Consider West Virginia Wind Farm Permit to Kill Endangered Bats
Opinion -The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is considering an industrial wind farm’s application to kill more than 60 endangered bats during the next 25 years. -
Idaho County Challenges Endangered Status of Caribou
Opinion -Bonner County, Idaho is suing the federal government to remove woodland caribou from protection under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). -
Schwarzenegger: Renewable Power Mandates Should Trump Species Concerns
Opinion -Speaking to the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners meeting in Sacramento, California, Gov. -
Pikas Aren’t Endangered, Agency Rules
Opinion -The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has denied extending endangered species protection to the climate-sensitive American pika, a small, mountain-dwelling mammal. -
Wind Farms Threaten Endangered Whooping Cranes
Opinion -More than six decades of painstaking conservation efforts that have brought the majestic whooping crane back from the brink of extinction may come undone because of the proliferation of wind farms in the United States. -
Michigan Says Bald Eagles, Gray Wolves No Longer Endangered There
Opinion -Bald eagles and gray wolves have made such a dramatic comeback in Michigan that the state's Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) is proposing the two species be removed from the state's Endangered Species List. -
Bald Eagle No Longer Endangered
Opinion -On June 28, the national government removed the bald eagle from the endangered species list. It is great news that bald eagle populations in the contiguous 48 states have done so well, where now there are more than 11,000 breeding pairs. -
Fla. Manatees No Longer Endangered
Opinion -In a move embodying the success of recent protection efforts and new state standards regarding species in decline, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission voted unanimously on June 7 to remove the manatee from the state's endangered species -
Species extinctions may be due to disease, not man
Opinion -"Biologists usually blame pollution and predation for species extinction, but the real culprits may be humans spreading disease, according to the New Scientist. -
Study: Property Rights Need Not Suffer for Species Protection
Opinion -The Endangered Species Act of 1973, adopted to conserve and protect endangered or threatened species, has done little to live up to its mission. -
Biodiversity Prospecting No Savior for Species
Opinion -Biodiversity prospecting is the search for new chemicals produced by wild organisms. -
Squirrels Killed by the Forest Service, or the Courts?
Opinion -Any person or group can delay any forest management project by simply coming up with new information on any endangered species. This has been disastrous – both for the forests and for many endangered species. -
On Pygmy Rabbits and Bumble Bees
Opinion -Contrary to popular myth, the Endangered Species Act does not require good science, sound science, peer-reviewed science, or even accurate science. -
PRESS RELEASE: Save The Whales Coalition Warns NOAA: Don’t Allow More Harassment from Wind Power
Opinion -Press Release -"With dozens of dead whales and dolphins washing up … now is a particularly unsuitable time for NOAA to authorize the harassment or injury of right whales and other endangered species." -
Whale Hell Looms in Massachusetts
Opinion -The potential damage to whales and other marine mammals is clearly huge, based on the official NOAA Fisheries impact authorization estimates. It is hard to see how this hell can be allowed under present laws, such as the Marine Mammal Protection Act and the Endangered Species Act. -
Trump’s ESA Changes: A Good Start
Opinion -Editorial -Don’t let them tell you the Endangered Species Act has been a success. -
Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes Returning Gray Wolf Management to States, Tribes
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), an agency within the U.S. Department of the Interior, is proposing to remove gray wolves from protection under the 1973 Endangered Species Act in the lower 48 states. -
California Judge Upholds State Protections for Gray Wolves
Opinion -environment-climate-news -A California state court judge in San Diego ruled gray wolves will continue to be protected under the state’s Endangered Species Act.
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