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After the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) denied protections to Northern Rocky Mountain gray wolves last week, conservation and animal rights activists on Wednesday declared their forthcoming intent to sue the agency. Four groups, led by the Center for Biological Diversity, served both FWS and the Department of the Interior, which houses the agency,…

Environmental groups will soon sue in an effort to win back Endangered Species Act protections.

Over the last few days there have been a few interesting general news items touching on topics that I have covered here in the past: Wolves, Oroville Dam, Great Salt Lake..  I’m just going to mention them, with my opinions, and give links to the original stories.

The presence of apex predators improves habitat quality and species viability down the food chain. This reintroduction could be a model for repairing ecosystems.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials announced Friday that it has rejected petitions from environmental groups to add wolves in the northern Rockies and parts of the western U.S. to the Endangered Species List.

Federal wildlife officials have decided not to restore protections for gray wolves across portions of six states, allowing hunting to continue in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming.

The Biden administration declined to list the gray wolf as endangered throughout much of the West, a move that would have granted the species sweeping federal protections in the region and which environmental activists have long advocated for. In an announcement Friday, the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) issued a "not warranted" finding for two petitions

FIRST ON FOX: House Republicans on the Natural Resources Committee are probing the Biden administration over its efforts to protect the gray wolf species.

Conservation groups filed multiple petitions asking for relisting in the wake of Idaho’s expanded wolf hunting and trapping laws.

The Biden administration rejected a petition from environmental groups to list the gray wolf species as endangered in the West, a move that would have blocked state hunting laws.