Issues FWS publishes 4(d) rule for northern long-eared bat. This week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service published a final 4(d) rule establishing guidelines for human interaction with the threatened northern long-eared bat (NLEB). The bat’s population has declined in [...]
Issues Fish and Wildlife asks judge to reverse lesser prairie chicken delisting ruling. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has asked a federal judge in Texas to rethink his ruling that overturned the agency’s March 2014 decision to list the [...]
Today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released its first in a series of “rapid ecoregional assessments (REA)”. BLM claims these assessments will better help protect sensitive wildlife habitat and guide energy development. A copy of the REA, which was [...]