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Death by a Thousand Cuts: Ontario’s Dismantling of the Endangered Species Act

Enviromental Defense

Ontario’s (once) Promising Endangered Species Act Ontario was the first province in the country to pass an Endangered Species Act in 1971. Despite the leadership the province showed, the Act needed significant improvements to effectively protect species at risk. Where do we go from here?

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Federal Court Orders Service to Take a Third Look at Bi-state Sage Grouse Listing Status

Endangered Species Law

Fish and Wildlife Service’s (Service) March 31, 2020 withdrawal (2020 Withdrawal) of a proposed Endangered Species Act (ESA) listing and section 4(d) rule for the “bi-state population” of the greater sage grouse (Bi-state Grouse). District Court for the Northern District of California overturned the U.S.

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How the Endangered Species Act is Helping to Restore the Klamath River Basin

Vermont Law

Ever increasing water use, and severe drought conditions, brought conflicts over water use to a head in the early 2000s when water conservation measures were taken in order to protect several fish listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Three KRB fish species are especially significant from an environmental perspective.

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FWS Delists Cumberland Sandwort under the ESA

Endangered Species Law

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) published a final rule delisting the now-recovered Cumberland sandwort ( Arenaria cumberlandensis ) under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). In 1996, the FWS released a recovery plan for the species.

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Community Science to the Rescue

Academy of Natural Sciences

For red knots, a migratory shorebird listed as Threatened under the Endangered Species Act, fewer eggs mean reduced chances for survival. Since 2013, according to their site, reTURN the Favor volunteers have saved over 840,000 horseshoe crabs along the Delaware Bayshore beaches in New Jersey.

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Policy News: January 18, 2022

ESA

Judge orders USFWS to reconsider 2019 decision to not list the Yellowstone bison under the Endangered Species Act. A draft of IPBES’ thematic assessment of invasive alien species and their control is open for review. This move reverts the area to the previous management plan, finalized in 2013, which protected 11.2

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The U.S. Has Spent More Than $2 Billion on a Plan to Save Salmon. The Fish Are Vanishing Anyway.

Circle of Blue

That hatchery, one of 23 facilities overseen by the Northwest Power and Conservation Council, opened in 2013. The upper Columbia River spring Chinook and Snake River sockeye populations are listed as endangered under the 1973 Endangered Species Act.

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