endangered species act

Stronger Endangered Species Act Protections Proposed by USFWS, NOAA

Stronger Endangered Species Act Protections Proposed by USFWS, NOAA

Three newly proposed regulations from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) would reverse rules made during Donald Trump’s presidency that removed protections under the Endangered Species Act. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed a reinstatement of a regulation that gives protections to species classified as […]

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    Giraffes Win International Protections to Limit Their Trade

    Giraffes Win International Protections to Limit Their Trade

    The Parties to CITES agreed to list giraffes on Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) today at the World Wildlife Conference or CoP18 in Geneva. Such protections will ensure that all giraffe parts trade were legally acquired and not sourced from the poached giraffes trade and will require countries […]

    Small Colorful Fish Gets Endangered Species Protection

    Small Colorful Fish Gets Endangered Species Protection

    A small, bright fish found in Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama will start the new year on the Endangered Species list, the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) reported Thursday. The trispot darter fish was thought to be entirely extinct in Alabama for more than 50 years until it was discovered in 2008 in Little Canoe Creek. […]

    10 Endangered Species Especially Threatened by the Trump Administration

    10 Endangered Species Especially Threatened by the Trump Administration

    EcoWatch has long documented attempts by the Trump administration’s Interior Department to weaken Endangered Species Act protections, but what does that mean for individual species? That is the question the Endangered Species Coalition set out to answer in a new report, which outlines how President Donald Trump’s proposed policies could impact 10 vulnerable animal species. […]

    Green Groups Sue to Get Giraffes on Endangered Species List

    Green Groups Sue to Get Giraffes on Endangered Species List

    Four Animal welfare groups sued the Trump administration on Thursday for failing to protect Africa’s vulnerable giraffes, Reuters reported. The groups had petitioned Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to list giraffes under the Endangered Species Act in April 2017. The FWS is supposed to respond to such petitions […]