WASHINGTON— The Center for Biological Diversity sued the Trump administration today to force the release of public records on a proposed rollback of key Endangered Species Act protections for marine ...

WASHINGTON— The National Marine Fisheries Service announced critical habitat designations today for five threatened coral species living in the Pacific Ocean. The agency’s final rule protects 92 ...

The Supreme Court is asked to review an expansive interpretation of the Fish & Wildlife Service's authority to designate critical habitat for listed species. The dusky gopher frog is an endangered ...

Under the final rule, “to the maximum extent prudent and determinable,” the agencies will finalize critical habitat designations concurrently with the issuance of proposed and final listing rules.

New Endangered Species Act (ESA) Critical Habitat Rules Expand Federal Authority and Add Uncertainty by: Allyn G. Turner of Steptoe & Johnson PLLC - Environmental Essentials Friday, February 19, 2016 ...

Fifty years ago, the Endangered Species Act was signed into law by President Richard Nixon with the intention of establishing a clear process for recovering species on the verge of extinction. In ...

Endangered Species Act: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Finalizes Rule to Rescind Revisions for Designating and Excluding Critical Habitat Jordan Wimpy Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard, P ...

Once a species is “listed,” the Endangered Species Act prohibits federal agencies from funding or carrying out any actions that will jeopardize the species or damage its “ critical habitat ...

Now, critical habitat can include areas where a protected species doesn’t live but could find hospitable. The Fish and Wildlife Service and NOAA Fisheries today rescinded a Trump-era definition ...

It also called for protecting critical habitat — the natural landscape surrounding the breeding, feeding and resting sites of endangered species. And it did something more.

This week marks 50 years of the Endangered Species Act. The bedrock environmental law is credited with saving 291 species from extinction, or 99% of species listed as endangered or threatened. It has ...