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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has determined that the pinyon jay may be eligible for protection under the Endangered Species Act. KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny reports, environmentalists say their decline is primarily due to the eradication of pinyon juniper forests and to climate change.
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Friday a proposal to no longer classify the Apache trout as in need of federal protections under the Endangered Species Act.
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Federal wildlife officials will relist a tiny owl native to the Sonoran Desert as threatened following years of legal battles with conservation groups.
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The Biden administration has proposed new rules for protecting imperiled plants and animals as officials move to reverse changes under former President Donald Trump.
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Federal wildlife officials have released a female Mexican gray wolf back into the wild after she was captured in northern New Mexico in January. The endangered animal had ventured hundreds of miles from the species’ designated area.
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The agency is proposing to list the swale paintbrush as endangered. Also known as the glowing Indian paintbrush, the plant's bright yellowish flowers produce nectar and support pollinators.
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A federal appeals court has ruled that regulators were wrong to conclude that parts of Pima County slated for a copper mine are critical to the preservation of endangered jaguars.
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Officials with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have killed an endangered Mexican gray wolf in western New Mexico.
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An ecological advocacy organization has filed a formal notice to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over alleged habitat reduction of two endangered snake species in Arizona and New Mexico.
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Dozens of scientists from universities and environmental groups are pushing for the removal of the head of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, claiming she lacks the educational background needed to run the agency.