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Another coalition of conservation groups, including several from Montana, has given notice to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service it plans to sue to try and force the agency to give Endangered Species Act protections back to gray wolves in Montana and other states in the West. The group, which includes the Gallatin Wildlife Association […] The post More Montana conservation groups intend to sue over decision not to re-list wolves appeared first on Utah News Dispatch.

Another coalition of conservation groups, including several from Montana, has given notice to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service it plans to sue to try and force the agency to give Endangered Species Act protections back to gray wolves in Montana and other states in the West. The group, which includes the Gallatin Wildlife Association […] The post More Montana conservation groups intend to sue over decision not to re-list wolves appeared first on Daily Montanan.

A federal court on Tuesday mostly upheld a judge’s decision last fall to limit Montana’s wolf trapping and snaring season to six weeks in January and February over what he said was the potential for grizzly bears to incidentally get caught in the traps in violation of the Endangered Species Act. The 9th Circuit Court […] The post 9th Circuit upholds length-of-season restrictions for Montana wolf trapping, snaring appeared first on Daily Montanan.

The Bureau of Land Management will publish a final rule soon allowing the nation’s public lands to be leased for environmental protection, a news release from the Interior Department said. The rule, which both proponents and detractors say marks a shift in the agency’s focus toward conservation, directs land managers at the agency to identify […] The post BLM to finalize rule allowing federal leases targeted at protection of natural areas appeared first on Oklahoma Voice.

A group of conservation groups filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Forest Service, claiming the lives of endangered bats are being threatened.