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New “Habitat” Rule for the Endangered Species Act Finalized

MGKF Law

Fish and Wildlife Service ("FWS") and the National Marine Fisheries Service ("NMFS") (collectively, the "Services") finalized a rule defining the term "habitat" as used for designating "critical habitat" under the Endangered Species Act (the "ESA").

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Policy News: December 20, 2021

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A draft of IPBES’ thematic assessment of invasive alien species and their control is open for review. Scientific provisions in the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee bill is largely similar to the House bill: The Fish and Wildlife Service receives $200 million for Endangered Species Act recovery plans and $9.7

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PA Assn. Of Environmental Professionals Announce 2023 Scholarship Winners

PA Environment Daily

Fish and Wildlife Service where she contributes to data management and field surveys for the threatened Yellow-Billed Cuckoo in Tucson, Arizona. Her efforts directly assisted with the conservation and recovery of this species under the Endangered Species Act. GPA, majoring in Wildlife Technology.

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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

The numbers of each of the six salmon species native to the Columbia basin have dropped to a fraction of what they once were, and 13 distinct populations are now considered threatened or endangered. Many species of salmon are at or near their lowest numbers on record. They haven’t. They’re very sacred.”.

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ESA Policy News: November 8, 2021

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Biden administration proposed repealing Trump administration Endangered Species Act regulations. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) have expressed concerns over the total price tag of the budget reconciliation bill. . Trump administration removed gray wolves from the endangered species list in November 2020.

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