Category Archives: Species Management

Feds remove gray wolf from endangered species list

Paul A. SmithMilwaukee Journal Sentinel October 29, 2020 The gray wolf has recovered in the lower 48 states and no longer needs protections of the federal Endangered Species Act, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service declared Thursday.Therefore, the agency will … Continue reading

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Wisconsin wolf population on the rise

Posted on October 28, 2020 A trail camera captures an image of a wolf in Wisconsin. Credit: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Wisconsin’s gray wolf population continues to climb. A Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources survey found the state’s wolf … Continue reading

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US wildlife officials aim to remove wolf protections in 2020

FILE – This June 29, 2017, file remote camera image provided by the U.S. Forest Service shows a female gray wolf and two of the three pups born in 2017 in the wilds of Lassen National Forest in Northern California. … Continue reading

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Judge restores migratory bird protections

Pamela King and Michael Doyle, E&E News reportersPublished: Wednesday, August 12, 2020 J. Kelly/Fish and Wildlife Service/Flickr A federal court has struck down the Trump administration’s revisions to migratory bird regulations. J. Kelly/Fish and Wildlife Service/Flickr The Trump administration’s controversial … Continue reading

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Historic agreement will conserve millions of acres for monarch butterflies and other pollinators across the United States

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service News Release   April 8, 2020 Contact: Georgia Parham       Efforts to stem the decline of monarch butterflies took a giant leap forward today with the completion of a historic agreement between the U.S. … Continue reading

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