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

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

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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