u.s. fish and wildlife service

The National Cattlemen's Beef Association and Public Lands Council welcomed the finalization of federal rules to modernize implementation of the Endangered Species Act.

BOISE (AP) — A federal lawsuit by an environmental group seeking to force federal agencies to analyze whether about two dozen dams operating in Idaho, Oregon, Washington and Montana are harming bull trout has been dismissed.
U.S. District Court Judge Marco Hernandez in a ruling last week said federal…

SEATTLE (AP) — Grizzly bears once roamed the rugged landscape of the North Cascades in Washington state, but few have been sighted in recent decades.
Federal officials want to restore the population and released a draft plan Thursday with four options, ranging from taking no action to varying e…

RICHLAND (AP) — A federal judge says the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is violating federal clean-water laws by discharging pollutants from its hatchery near Leavenworth without a required permit.
U.S. District Court Judge Salvador Mendoza Jr...

MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK, Wash. (AP) — Pacific fishers have declined on the West Coast over the decades, but the forest-dwelling, weasel-like mammals are slowly making a comeback in Washington state.
Officials released 10 Pacific fishers into the forest of Mount Rainier National Park on Frid…

BOISE (AP) — Federal officials are reconsidering how roads and motorized trails in a portion of the Sawtooth National Forest could harm threatened bull trout following a lawsuit by an environmental group.
As a result, a federal judge on Wednesday put the lawsuit by WildEarth Guardians on hold u…

SEATTLE (AP) — Four conservation groups have sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for not listing the Pacific fisher, a small, weasel-like predator, as a threatened species.
The lawsuit alleges the agency failed to consider the best scientific evidence when it decided not to provide the fish…

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…

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 Fisher…

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.
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