Lawsuit Filed In Effort To Stop Musk’s DOGE From Taking Further Actions Against Multiple Environmental Agencies
March 15th, 2025
Center for Biological Diversity, Federal Aviation Administration, Litigation, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Public Articles, US Bureau of Land Management, US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, US Department of Agriculture, US Department of Commerce, US Department of Transportation, US Environmental Protection Agency, US Fish and Wildlife Service, US Forest Service, US National Park Service
The Center for Biological Diversity has sued five cabinet-level agencies seeking to stop the so-called Department of Government Efficiency and its DOGE teams from taking further actions against multiple environmental agencies until each team fully complies with the Federal Advisory Committee Act.
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Oregon Lawmakers Seek Reversal Of Administration Actions On Programs Serving Tribal Communities, Cite Trust, Treaty Obligations
March 15th, 2025
Oregon’s U.S. Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden—along with Oregon U.S. Reps. Suzanne Bonamici, Val Hoyle, Andrea Salinas, Maxine Dexter, and Janelle Bynum -- joined over 100 Members of Congress to demand that the Trump Administration stop and reverse its “dangerous efforts to fire employees and defund programs” that serve Tribes and Tribal members.
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4-Month Survey Offers Most Thorough Data Ever Of Marine Mammals, Seabirds Off West Coast, Some Species Shifting North
February 7th, 2025
NOAA Fisheries scientists have completed a 4-month, roughly 4,500-nautical-mile, survey of marine mammals and seabirds off the U.S. West Coast.
USFWS Releases Final Recovery Plan For Oregon Spotted Frog, Inhabits Small Portions Of Habitat From Canada To Southern Oregon
December 22nd, 2024
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has published a final recovery plan for the Oregon spotted frog, a threatened species living in the Pacific Northwest. The plan provides a road map to help recover the frog so it can thrive and ultimately be delisted from the Endangered Species Act.
USFWS Proposes To List Suckley’s Cuckoo Bumble Bee As Endangered; Once Broadly Distributed In West, Last Sighting In 2016
December 22nd, 2024
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is opening a 60-day public comment period on a proposed rule to list Suckley’s cuckoo bumble bee as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. This determination also serves as the 12-month finding on a petition to list the bee.
USFWS Proposes ESA-Listing For Monarch Butterfly, Western Population Down 95 Percent Since 1980s
December 15th, 2024
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing protection for one of the nation’s most beloved species — the monarch butterfly — and is encouraging the public to be part of its recovery.
USFW Releases Final Recovery Plan, Proposed Critical Habitat Revisions For Canada Lynx, Listed Under ESA 24 Years Ago
December 9th, 2024
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says it is taking two significant steps to support the conservation and recovery of the threatened Canada lynx population in the lower 48 states.
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Groundbreaking Research: First Time Cloned Endangered Species (Black-Footed Ferret) Produces Offspring
November 18th, 2024
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and conservation partners have announced a groundbreaking achievement in endangered species research: the first-ever birth of black-footed ferrets produced by a cloned endangered animal.
Saving Sage Grouse: BLM Issues New Proposals For 65 Million Acres In The West, Conservation Groups Say Effort Falls Short
November 18th, 2024
The Department of the Interior has announced updates by the Bureau of Land Management to “strengthen conservation and management of greater sage-grouse habitat on public lands, informed by the best available science, collaborative work with states, and input from local, Tribal and federal partners.”
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Interior Announces First Offshore Wind Energy Lease Sale Off Northwest Coast, Could Power One Million Homes
September 13th, 2024
The Department of the Interior has announced it will hold an offshore wind energy lease sale off southern Oregon. The two areas to be auctioned on October 15, 2024, by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management could generate more than 3.1 gigawatts of clean, renewable energy if fully developed, which could power approximately one million homes.
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In ESA Status Review USFWS Confirms Marbled Murrelet Remains Threatened, Loss Of Old Growth Habitat
September 13th, 2024
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has released a five-year status review for the marbled murrelet, a species of seabird that is listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act from the Canadian border to central California.