Lawsuit Filed Demanding USFWS Develop A National Gray Wolf Recovery Plan
December 2nd, 2022
The Center for Biological Diversity has filed a lawsuit today challenging what it says is the “failure of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to develop a national gray wolf recovery plan under the Endangered Species Act.”
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Park Service, USFWS Taking Comment On Revived Process To Reintroduce Grizzlies To North Cascades Ecosystem
November 11th, 2022
The National Park Service and U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service this week announced the initiation of a new Environmental Impact Statement process to evaluate options for restoring and managing grizzly bears in the North Cascades of Washington, where the animals once thrived.
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Study Shows North America’s Migratory Birds Getting Smaller As Adaption To Climate Change, Helps Shed Body Heat
October 28th, 2022
A UCLA-led study published this week reveals that migratory birds across North America are getting smaller, a change the researchers attribute to the rapidly warming climate.
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Guest Column: As chinook salmon get thinner and fewer, southern resident killer whales struggle to find enough food
October 27th, 2022
As marine species continue to decline worldwide, the southern resident killer whale population — which now stands at 75 individuals — along the west coast of North America, has baffled scientists who are trying to understand why this population is struggling.
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Oregon Prepares For Chronic Wasting Disease In Deer With Faster Testing; Seven Animals In Idaho Have Tested Positive
October 27th, 2022
Faster and more widespread testing for chronic wasting disease in deer is now possible due to a new partnership between the Oregon Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory at Oregon State University’s Carlson College of Veterinary Medicine and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.
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Why Is A Wolf Gray Or Black? Disease Outbreaks May Influence Coat Color Of Wolves Across North America
October 27th, 2022
New research from the University of Oxford, Yellowstone National Park, and Penn State, published this week in the journal Science, may have finally solved why wolves change color across the North American continent.
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USFWS Gives ESA-Listing To Emperor Penguins; Climate Change Pushing Flightless Seabird Toward Extinction
October 27th, 2022
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has finalized protections for the emperor penguin, a flightless seabird endemic to Antarctica, under the Endangered Species Act. The emperor penguin is listed as a threatened species and includes a section 4(d) rule that tailors protections for the species. The impact of climate change on sea-ice habitat, where the species spends the majority of its life, is the primary threat to the penguin.
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UBC Study With 21 Years Of Tracking Data Shows How Retreating Sea Ice Changing Narwhals Migration Patterns
October 27th, 2022
Narwhals are changing their migration patterns in response to pressure from changing Arctic climates, a new University of British Columbia report has found.
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Groups Want Once Common Streaked Horned Larks Found In Oregon, Washington Listed As Endangered; Population Less Than 2,000 Birds
October 27th, 2022
The Center for Biological Diversity and the Audubon Society of Portland filed a formal notice this week of their intent to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to better protect the streaked horned lark, a rare bird found in Washington and Oregon.