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A conservation group has sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, alleging the agency hasn't acted on updating habitat policy for the endangered Mt. Graham red squirrel in southern Arizona.
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This year marks the 50th anniversary of the federal Endangered Species Act. The landmark conservation law lists more than 1,600 animals and plants as threatened or endangered. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service sets plans to recover those species and their habitats.
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Conservationists have sued the federal government over what they say is a failure to protect the habitat of two endangered bird species along the Gila River in Arizona from livestock grazing.
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U.S. wildlife officials have finalized an agreement regarding the release of additional Bolson tortoises on the central New Mexico ranch of media mogul Ted Turner. The “safe harbor agreement” will facilitate the release of captive tortoises on Turner’s Armendaris Ranch to establish a free-ranging population.
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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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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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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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A national conservation group says it plans to sue the federal government for failing to protect 15 plants and animals in the U.S.
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Conservationists say they will sue U.S. wildlife officials over past-due decisions on protections sought for the rare Fish Lake Valley tui chub.