Wolverine Receives Much-Needed Endangered Species Act Protections

Fish and Wildlife Service to list species as threatened following decades of litigation

Endangered Species, Forests, WildlifeKlamath SiskiyouNovember 29, 2023Wildlife, endangered species act, Endangered Species, forestwatch, US Fish & Wildlife Service, top story, press release, wolverine

Legal Agreement Gives West Coast Fishers New Shot At Crucial Protections

In a legal victory, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today agreed to reconsider whether West Coast fishers in northern California and southern Oregon warrant protection under the Endangered Species Act. Read the full press release here.

Endangered Species, Forests, Old-Growth, WildlifeKlamath SiskiyouJune 12, 2023Wildlife, wildlife, pacific fisher, US Fish & Wildlife Service, press release, top story, california, Oregon Wildlands

Approval of old-growth timber sales in northern spotted owl habitat violated Endangered Species Act

Judge in the District Court for the District of Oregon ruled that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service justification for Bureau of Land Management timber sales totaling nearly 18,000 acres including old growth forests violated the Endangered Species Act.

Endangered Species, Forests, timber sale, Wildlife, Old-GrowthGuest UserOctober 4, 2022old growth, top story, endangered species, endangered species act, northern spotted owl, Wildlife, US Fish & Wildlife Service, Poor Windy, BLM, old-growth forests, forests, timber sale

Legal Warning Challenges Plan to Log Thousands of Acres of Oregon’s Old-Growth Forest Reserves

A coalition of Oregon environmental organizations have come together to notify Bureau of Land Management it intends to sue the agency to protect marbled murrelets and coastal martens from a plan by the agency to log thousands of acres of old-growth forest in areas designated as late-successional reserves.

Endangered Species, Forests, Wildlands, WildlifeHaleigh MartinJuly 5, 2022top story, wild, endang, endangered species act, old, prot, blm, ivm, oreg, public lands, logging, Biden Administration, US Fish & Wildlife Service

Rare Forest Carnivores Are Threatened by Logging, Fire, Poisoning

Conservation groups filed a formal notice today of their intent to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over its denial of Endangered Species Act protection to the majority of fishers on the West Coast.

Wildlife, Endangered SpeciesGuest UserJune 4, 2021top story, pacific fisher, endangered species, endangered species act, US Fish & Wildlife Service

California Condors to Take Flight in the Pacific Northwest

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, and the Yurok Tribe announced a final rule that will help facilitate the creation of a new California condor release facility for the reintroduction of condors to Yurok Ancestral Territory and Redwood National Park

Endangered Species, WildlifeGuest UserApril 5, 2021Condors, Yurok Tribe, US Fish & Wildlife Service, endangered species, top story

Western Wolf Coalition Challenges Nationwide Wolf Delisting

KS Wild joined on to a coalition of Western wolf advocates who challenged the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s decision to prematurely strip wolves of federal protections in the contiguous 48 states, in violation of the Endangered Species Act.

Wildlife, Endangered SpeciesGuest UserFebruary 3, 2021wildlife, endangered species act, endangered species, wolf, wolves, top story, US Fish & Wildlife Service

Conservation Groups Sue Feds Over Failure to Protect Wolverines

A coalition of conservation groups filed a lawsuit today challenging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s decision to withhold Endangered Species Act protection from wolverines in the lower 48 states, where no more than 300 wolverines remain. Without the new conservation efforts that would be triggered by the Endangered Species Act listing, wolverines face localized extinction as a result of climate change, habitat fragmentation and low genetic diversity.

Endangered Species, WildlifeKlamath SiskiyouDecember 15, 2020wolverine, wildlife, US Fish & Wildlife Service, endangered species, endangered species act, top story

Protections Denied for At-Risk Pacific Fisher by Trump Administration

The Trump administration today denied Endangered Species Act protections to Pacific fishers from Northern California to the Canadian border, but granted them endangered status in the southern Sierra. The decision reversed a 2019 proposal to list fishers as threatened throughout their West Coast range.

Wildlife, Endangered SpeciesGuest UserMay 14, 2020pacific fisher, wildlife, US Fish & Wildlife Service, endangered species, old growth, forests, top story

Sad News – The Wolf OR-7 Presumed Dead

According to a just released 2019 status report by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Oregon’s wolf population has grown but its most famous member may have died. ODFW biologists presume that the wolf OR-7 who has not been observed in many months died of natural causes. OR-7 was last photographed in the fall and was considered to be very old for a wolf in the wild at 11 years of age.

WildlifeGuest UserApril 17, 2020wolves, OR-7, Rogue Pack, wolf, US Fish & Wildlife Service, wildlife, top story

Lawsuit Seeks Overdue Protection for Rare Salamander in California, Oregon

Conservation groups sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today for failing to respond to a 2018 petition requesting Endangered Species Act protection for the imperiled Siskiyou Mountains salamander.

Wildlife, Endangered SpeciesGuest UserJuly 2, 2019siskiyou, salamander, endangered species, US Fish & Wildlife Service, top story

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