endangered species

Prompted by two Trump executive orders, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing changes to its Endangered Species Act rules, including one that would potentially reduce protections for species considered to be threatened.

If approved, the proposal by the Trump administration would rescind the regulatory definition of "harm" under the Endangered Species Act and clear the way for habitat destruction.

A 2-year-old forestry project is on hold while the Bitterroot National Forest checks to see whether the project activities would affect threatened species.

Regional monitoring for endangered owls, salmon and frogs is done by seasonal biologists who aren’t being hired now under a federal freeze

The fish only live in the freshwaters of Goose Lake and its tributaries in south central Oregon and northeastern California, where the Center for Biological Diversity say they are threatened by agriculture and climate change.

The swale paintbrush grows only in one small area of southwest New Mexico, though historically it grew throughout Chihuahua and Durango, Mexico.

The western burrowing owl used to live throughout California, but exurban sprawl, agriculture and large wind and solar farms have shrunk their habitats and populations, according to the environmental groups urging the state to label them endangered.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service designated the Mount Rainier white-tailed ptarmigan a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act.

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks announced that it had notified the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service of its intent to sue over the agency’s Nov. 29 decision to grant Endangered Species protection to the wolverine.

Joshua trees will not be added to the endangered or threatened species list after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decided the iconic symbols of the Mojave Desert don't face any serious threats.