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Manatee Reclassified from Endangered to Threatened as Habitat Improves

The U.S. Department of the Interior announced the downlisting of the West Indian manatee from an endangered to threatened species.

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Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake Listed as Threatened by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Thursday that it has listed the eastern massasauga rattlesnake as a threatened species under the federal Endangered Species Act, stating that.....

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Proposed Policy will Help Address Impacts of Development on Nation’s At-Risk Species

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced a proposal to effectively and sustainably offset adverse impacts of development activities to the nation’s most at-risk species and their habitats.

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USFWS Says Critical Habitat is Not Prudent for Threatened Northern Long-eared Bat

Given the nature of the primary threats facing the species and the potential harm of publishing its hibernation locations, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has determined that designating...

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Court Overturns Wolverine Listing Decision; Implications for Future ESA Decisions

On April 4, 2016 U. S. District Court Judge Dana Christiansen vacated the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) withdrawal of the proposed listing of wolverine as a threatened species.....

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WDFW Commission Takes Action on Listing Status of Four Wildlife Species

The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission voted to keep greater sage-grouse and western gray squirrels on the state’s threatened species list and snowy plovers and northern spotted.....

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Protections Finalized for Threatened Northern Long-Eared Bats

In an effort to conserve the northern long-eared bat, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced a final rule today that uses flexibilities under section 4(d) of the Endangered Species.....

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USFWS Lists 201 Salamander Species as Injurious to Help Keep Lethal Fungus Out of US

To help prevent a deadly fungus from killing native salamanders, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today declared 201 salamander species as injurious wildlife under the Lacey Act.

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Endangered Species Act Listing Protects Lions in Africa and India

In response to the dramatic decline of lion populations in the wild, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) today announced it will list two lion subspecies under the Endangered Species Act.....

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Threat to Native Wildlife & Local Economies Prompts Service to List Them as Injurious

To protect our nation’s native aquatic resources, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced a proposed rule to list 10 nonnative freshwater fish species and 1 non native freshwater.....

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USFWS Protects Red Knot as Threatened Under the Endangered Species Act Designation

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced federal protection for the rufa subspecies of the red knot, a robin-sized shorebird, designating it as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.

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