U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Two wolves were trapped, one was killed, in Oregon’s Union County last week.  According to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, two wolves from a new group in the Catherine Creek area were trapped by USDA Wildlife Services.  One wolf was ...

Last week, Idaho’s Congressional delegation, which includes senators Mike Crapo, Jim Risch as well as representatives Mike Simpson and Russ Fulcher, demanded a response to the state’s grizzly bear delisting petition.  In Thursday’s letter, to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Servic...

A wolf from the Horseshoe Pack was trapped and lethally removed on Thursday.  According to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, the uncollared juvenile male was found November 3rd on private land in Umatilla County where previous depredations occurred.  Th...

The EPA is reversing decades of practice in an attempt to further the Agency’s compliance with the Endangered Species Act when evaluating new pesticides and ingredients. In the new policy, EPA will evaluate the potential effects of each new active ingredient on federally threatened or endangered species and their designated critical habitats before the agency will register a new AI. E ... Read Mo

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service seek to rescind two critical habitat regulations finalized in the last days of the Trump administration. In December 2020, FWS issued a final rule that revised the process for considering critical habitat exclusions under the Endangered Species Act ...

A coalition of agriculture and forestry groups filed court motions in defense of delisting the gray wolf under the Endangered Species Act. Three cases filed by environmental and animal welfare groups in California challenge the final delisting ruling issued by the U ...

Idaho’s congressional delegation, senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo as well as representatives Mike Simpson and Russ Fulcher, recently joined their peers from Montana and Wyoming calling on Interior Secretary Deb Haaland to return the Yellowstone grizzly bear population to state management. The ...

A coalition of environmental and wildlife advocacy groups have filed suit against the Trump administration over the decision to remove the gray wolf from Endangered Species Protections. Back in October, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service lifted protection for the wolves in the continental U ...

By a 52-39 vote in December, the Senate confirmed Aurelia Skipwith as the new Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.  Oregon Cattlemen’s Association executive Director Jerome Rosa said Skipwith has many ties to the farming community and understands the issues and challenges ranchers face.   “...

Wolves should be removed from the federal endangered species list throughout Washington state, Washington Fish and Wildlife Director Kelly Susewind wrote in a letter to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released this week.   “This is the right direction for wolf conservation and management in our state long-term,” Susewind wrote in a letter dated April 18 and released Wednesday. “The department..