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Center for Biological Diversity: BOISE, Idaho— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced that the pygmy rabbit may warrant protection under the Endangered Species Act. The pygmy rabbit is the world’s smallest rabbit and is threatened by livestock grazing, oil and gas extraction, invasive non-native grasses and wildfire.
In 2023, wolverines won federal protections, gray wolves were reintroduced in Colorado and the Bureau of Land Management announced a draft-management plan for critical Gunnison sage grouse habitat, all species protected under a statute passed by Congress 50 years ago. Vera Smith, senior federal lands policy analyst for Defenders of Wildlife, said while the primary […]
"They can't sell alcohol to the kids, and we can't sell vape to the kids, it's the same thing."
A tiny Central Hawke's Bay town is home to a new vape store - but locals say it is not welcome. A petition with more than 500 signatures calling...
Vera Smith, 74, has dementia and hasn't been seen since she walked out of her Stockbridge house on Friday.