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

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

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

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