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Federal Court Rules EPA Violated Law by Approving Florida Wetlands Permit Program

The ruling is a major win for environmental groups that challenged the EPA's 2020 decision to transfer federal wetland permitting authority to Florida.

February 20, 2024BY Katabella Roberts

Monarch Butterfly Population Drops by 30 Percent in California

The 2023 population is only 5 percent of its size in the 1980s, according to a study.

February 7, 2024BY Jill McLaughlin

House Votes to Overturn 2 Biden Administration Endangered Species Rules, Sending Bills to President’s Desk

A GOP-led House on July 27 voted to overturn two Biden administration Endangered Species Act (ESA) rules, one intended ...

July 28, 2023BY Ross Muscato

House GOP Looks to Reform Endangered Species Act

News Analysis Rolling back the regulatory restraints and costs imposed on industry and agriculture by the Endangered Species ...

July 19, 2023BY John Haughey

Environmental Groups Ask for Manatees to Be Reclassified as ‘Endangered’ Again

Five conservation groups petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Nov. 21 to reclassify the manatee from threatened ...

November 21, 2022BY Jannis Falkenstern

Judge Reinstates Endangered Species Protections Rescinded Under Trump Administration

A federal judge in California has revoked changes to the Endangered Species Act that were made under the ...

July 6, 2022BY Naveen Athrappully

‘IndividuWhale’ Introduces Users to ‘Solé,’ ‘Scarlett,’ and Other Gray Whales Along the Oregon Coast

Oregon State University marine ecologist Leigh Torres has studied gray whales along the Oregon coast for more than ...

January 7, 2022BY Nathan Worcester

San Diego Butterfly Declared a Threatened Species for Protection

SAN DIEGO—The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Dec. 20 declared one of Southern California's rarest butterflies—the Hermes copper butterfly—as ...

December 20, 2021BY City News Service

Senators Ponder $1.4 Billion Wildlife Recovery Bill

The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee heard expert testimony Dec. 8 on the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act ...

December 11, 2021BY Nathan Worcester

Conservation Groups Oppose Trump Administration’s Decision to Cut Gray Wolves From Federal Endangered Species List

The Trump administration announced the delisting of the gray wolf from the Endangered Species Act (ESA) roster, saying ...

October 30, 2020BY Masooma Haq

Will the Left Kill America’s Energy Dominance?

Commentary If the “liberal” green movement had the political power during earlier periods of our nation’s history that ...

July 14, 2020BY Stephen Moore

Trump Administration Eases Regulatory Burdens of Endangered Species Act

Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt said Aug. 12 the Trump administration is moving forward with a business-friendly ...

August 13, 2019BY Matthew Vadum

Supreme Court Finds Limits to Endangered Species Act

A unanimous Supreme Court overruled bureaucrats enforcing the Endangered Species Act (ESA), ruling that the federal government overreached ...

November 28, 2018BY Matthew Vadum

Endangered Frog Takes Center Stage as Supreme Court Begins New Term

The federal government shouldn’t be allowed to limit development on private land to help save an endangered species ...

October 1, 2018BY Matthew Vadum

State of the Birds

Since 2009 federal agencies, academics, and conservation groups have assessed the status of America’s birds in an annual ...

November 4, 2014BY Steve Holmer

The House’s Continued Assault on Endangered Species

Earlier this year, Representative Doc Hastings, a powerful foe of wildlife conservation and Chairman of the House Natural ...

August 8, 2014BY Jamie Rappaport Clark

Keep the ESA Strong for the Next 40 Years

Forty years ago, the most important wildlife protection measure in U.S. history was signed into law by President ...

January 9, 2014BY George Fenwick