Endangered Species Act

In late October, the Interior Department announced plans to remove the gray wolf from the Endangered Species List, and turn management over to the states and tribal government. Tom Sharp President of the Oregon Cattlemen’s association attended last month’s announcement, and said this is good news for local producers for a variety of reasons. He added ...

Last week’s announced by the Department of the Interior that the gray wolf will be removed from the Endangered Species List is, according to Todd Myers, Director of the Environmental Center at the Washington Policy Center, a victory of the Endangered Species Act. He ...

On Thursday, the Department of the Interior announced it has removed the gray wolf from the endangered species list, signaling a successful recovery under the Endangered Species Act. The gray wolf spent more than four decades on the endangered species list, and federal officials say the population is now thriving in the lower 48 states ...

On Wednesday, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a hearing focused on efforts to modernize the Endangered Species Act. The Endangered Species Act Amendments Act of 2020 reauthorizes the ESA for the first time since 1992 ...

The EPA announced last week a new method for conducting biological evaluations under the Endangered Species Act. The change seeks to assure that pesticide registration review actions under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act do not jeopardize endangered species ...

Last week, the Oregon Court of Appeals dismissed a lawsuit filed by Cascadia Wildlands to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife's decision to delist the gray wolf, under the state's Endangered Species Act.  State wildlife officials removed wolves from Oregon’s endangered species list in 2015 and lawmakers passed a bill backing that move in 2016.  The envi...

This summer, the Trump Administration proposed several small changes to the Endangered Species Act.  And while many in the Ag community call them minimal and common sense, Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed suit against President Trump.  ...

This summer, the Trump Administration proposed several small changes to the Endangered Species Act.  And while many in the Ag community call them minimal and common sense, Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed suit against President Trump.   ...

Both the Washington and Oregon departments of Fish and Wildlife reported an increase in the gray wolf population this month.  At least 126 wolves have been confirmed in Washington, 137 in Oregon.  Representative Dan Newhouse said the statistics show strong growth in the Northwest wolf population, which he says confirms what he’s been saying for years.   “As fa...

U.S. wildlife officials announced Wednesday plans to remove the gray wolf from the endangered species list in the lower 48.  Acting Interior Secretary David Bernhardt said in Wednesday’s announcement the decision was based on gray wolves successfully recovering from widespread extermination last century.  Fish and...