Jan 6, 2025 · The Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit today challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s failure to assess harms to endangered wildlife and plants when determining the national air-pollution standards for dangerous nitrogen, sulfur and soot pollution — a violation of the Endangered Species Act. The lawsuit seeks to ensure that the EPA consults with the federal agencies ...

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Mar 6, 2014 · OUR CAMPAIGN. The Monterey Plus Amendments are the California Department of Water Resources' and the state water contractors' second attempt at amending the state's long-term water contracts.

Jan 8, 2025 · WASHINGTON— In response to a petition from the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced final rules restricting the importation of salamanders for the pet trade. The restriction is designed to prevent introduction of the deadly fungus Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans, or Bsal, into the United States. “I’m thrilled that the Fish and Wildlife ...

RENO, Nev.— Responding to a Center for Biological Diversity petition, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed Endangered Species Act protection for the bleached sandhill skipper.This extremely rare subspecies of butterfly lives in alkali wetlands in far northern Nevada. The skipper faces threats from declining groundwater levels due …

Jan 7, 2025 · RENO, Nev.— Responding to a Center for Biological Diversity petition, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed Endangered Species Act protection for the bleached sandhill skipper.This extremely rare subspecies of butterfly lives in alkali wetlands in far northern Nevada. The skipper faces threats from declining groundwater levels due to agriculture use and a proposed geothermal ...

Jan 8, 2025 · BOZEMAN, Mont.— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today denied petitions to remove Endangered Species Act protections from grizzly bears, finding that the imperiled animals still need federal protection.. The agency simultaneously issued a proposed rule that would loosen restrictions on when grizzly bears can be killed.

For every county in the United States, the map below shows information on all the animals and plants protected under the U.S. Endangered Species Act as threatened or endangered. To see the number of federally protected species in a given county, zoom in on the map until the county boundaries appear ...

Dec 16, 2024 · PORTLAND, Ore.— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed today to protect Suckley’s cuckoo bumblebees under the Endangered Species Act.. This decision comes in response to a petition and legal action by the Center for Biological Diversity. “It’s so encouraging that the Service has stepped up to protect Suckley’s cuckoo bumblebees,” said Jess Tyler, a staff scientist at the ...