NATIONAL Forest Service plan to help sage grouse on NV-CA line ripped. Associated Press. Conservationists have criticized the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest's plan to protect habitat for a distinct species of sage grouse found along the Nevada-California line south of Reno. [...]
NATIONAL Request prioritizes operations, acquisitions over species. E&E News (sub req’d). Spending levels at the Fish and Wildlife Service would get a significant boost under the budget proposed yesterday by the president, with most of the new funds targeting operations, [...]
NATIONAL Enviros petition FWS to designate habitat for 9 species. E&E News (sub req’d). The Fish and Wildlife Service has shirked its legal responsibility by not designating critical habitat for nine endangered species, according to a new petition from environmentalists. [...]
Issues IPAA Discusses Greater sage-grouse in Casper Star Tribune. This weekend, IPAA President Barry Russell highlighted the concerns of America’s independent oil and natural gas producers over a proposed federal listing of the Greater sage-grouse on the Endangered Species Act [...]
NATIONAL Judge sets deadline for decision on butterfly. Wallowa County Chieftain. A federal judge has given the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has until the end of June 2015 to decide whether to extend Endangered Species Act protection to the [...]
NATIONAL Lawsuit aims to block US-approved Nevada drilling. Associated Press. A rural Nevada group is asking a federal judge to block the sale of oil and gas leases it says will be used for hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, and other [...]