Issues Mexican gray wolves increase by one, survey finds. On Wednesday, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) reported that the Mexican gray wolf population in the southwest region of the United States grew by one animal in 2017. The [...]
Issues EPA’s Pruitt signs memo to improve ESA pesticide registration process. While speaking at the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture Winter Policy Conference this week, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) [...]
Issues Nevada counties ban together in favor of sage-grouse management plans. Seventeen Nevada counties submitted comments to the U.S. Forest Service regarding the development of renewed sage-grouse plans relative to forest management in several Western states, including Nevada. In their [...]
Issues Western senators want details on sage grouse plans. Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Michael Bennet (D-CO) sent a letter to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke this week, asking the secretary to lay out the department’s plans to ensure sage grouse [...]