Interior Department Establishes New Willamette Valley Conservation Area, Part Of National Wildlife Refuge Complex
August 18th, 2024
The Department of the Interior announced this week the establishment of the Willamette Valley Conservation Area in Oregon as the 572nd unit of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service-managed National Wildlife Refuge System.
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USFWS Petitioned To List Under ESA Freshwater Snail Found Only In Oregon’s Lower Deschutes River
August 9th, 2024
The Center for Biological Diversity this week petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to protect the banded juga — an imperiled freshwater snail in Oregon’s Deschutes River — under the Endangered Species Act.
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Washington Approves Changes To Cougar Hunting Rules, Rejects Staff Recommendation To Downgrade Wolf Protection Status
July 26th, 2024
The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission last week voted 8-1 to approve amended cougar hunting rules. Spurred by a petition from wildlife conservation organizations, the new rules aim to avoid cougar overexploitation.
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Washington Predator-Prey Project’s Research Shows Wolves In NE Washington Not Having Much Impact on Deer
July 17th, 2024
Humans drove wolves to extinction in Washington state around the 1930s. Thanks to conservation efforts, by about 80 years later, wolves had returned
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Southern Resident Killer Whales In Poor Condition, ‘Vulnerable’; WDFW Asks All Boaters To Give Struggling, ESA-Listed Orcas Space
July 4th, 2024
For the fourth year in a row, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife issued an emergency rule requiring commercial whale-watching vessels to stay at least one-half nautical mile away from vulnerable Southern Resident killer whales (SRKW) this summer.
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Conservation Groups Submit Comments Blasting BLM’s Draft Amendment To Protect Sage Grouse On 69 Million Acres, 10 Western States
June 21st, 2024
Conservation organizations have submitted comments blasting the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s draft amendment for 77 land-use plans across the western United States intended to protect the imperiled greater sage grouse.
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USFWS Designates 1.2 Million Acres As Critical Habitat In California, Oregon For Coastal Marten
June 7th, 2024
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is designating 1.2 million acres of critical habitat in northwestern California and southwestern Oregon for the coastal distinct population segment of the Pacific marten, also known as the coastal or Humboldt marten.
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Marbled Murrelet Study Shows How Artificial Intelligence Can Enhance Monitoring Secretive Species
May 31st, 2024
Artificial intelligence analysis of data gathered by acoustic recording devices is a promising new tool for monitoring the marbled murrelet and other secretive, hard-to-study species, research by Oregon State University and the U.S. Forest Service has shown.
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Idaho Study Suggests Parasitic Worm In Brain May Play Role In Declining Moose Populations
May 17th, 2024
A parasitic worm that can infest the brains of moose appears to be playing a role in the decline of the iconic animal in some regions of North America.