u.s. fish and wildlife service

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An environmental group has filed a federal lawsuit contending that 26 dams operating in Idaho, Oregon, Washington and Montana are harming bull trout and violating the Endangered Species Act. The lawsuit filed by the Alliance for the Wild Rockies on Monday in Portland, Oregon, names the U...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Federal authorities are working on a plan aimed at deciding how much sport, commercial and tribal fishing for salmon and steelhead will be allowed in the Columbia River and its tributaries. The joint environmental impact statement being prepared by the National Marine Fisheries Service and the U...

SEATTLE (AP) — A fungal disease that has killed millions of bats has been confirmed in Washington state. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Thursday it's the first time white-nose syndrome has turned up in the western United States. ...

  A lawsuit accuses the government of dragging its feet on deciding whether alligator snapping turtles and eight other species around the country need federal protection. The Center for Biological Diversity says the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service missed decision deadlines for species including the California spotted owl, a cat-sized hunting mammal called the Northern Rockies fisher, and an Alabama

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says the greater sage grouse will not be listed under the Endangered Species Act. But, in a mixed announcement, the Bureau of Land Management and the USDA Forest Service also announced their decision to move forward with land management plans which address sage grouse populations across the birds’ 184 million acre range...

Four top ag ranking members have sent a letter to the Office of Management and Budget calling for emergency assistance to be released to poultry and egg producers suffering flock losses from H5N2 avian influenza infections. The leaders recognize the recent support USDA and OMB have extended to the impacted areas which has affected nearly 100 farms in more than a dozen states...

(AP) A company building a natural gas pipeline across southwest Washington's White Salmon River says construction will be completed this month, even as a Native American tribe seeks a halt to the project. The Yakama Nation claims the pipeline will hurt a culturally significant archaeological site...