Sentences with phrase «federal endangered species»

By 2004, the foxes were added to the Federal Endangered Species List.

Bush administration protect America's only endangered dragonfly Hooray for the really little guys — in this case, the Hines emerald dragonfly, the only dragonfly species on the federal endangered species list, which finally received protection in the last days of the Bush administration.

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The government has just declared that the national symbol no longer requires the protection of the federal Endangered Species Act.

The unassuming insects might otherwise be no match for the armed forces juggernaut, but for the last several years, the butterfly has been a candidate for the federal endangered species list — threatening the DOD's authorization to fire artillery in their habitat.

Other problems with the LBWEG as perceived by HMANA include its failure to require that developers of industrial wind energy projects avoid known bird migration pathways and daily movement flyways, avoid features of the landscape known to attract raptors (such as ridge lines and coastlines), avoid areas formally designated as Important Bird Areas and avoid documented locations of any species protected under the federal Endangered Species Act.

A federal judge ruled Thursday that gray wolves in Montana and Idaho must be given the same protections under the federal Endangered Species Act as their cousins in Wyoming.

(Washington, D.C., January 8, 2014) The Ohio National Guard facility at Camp Perry, near Port Clinton in northern Ohio, is the focus of possible legal action by American Bird Conservancy (ABC), a leading national bird conservation organization, and Ohio's Black Swamp Bird Observatory (BSBO), which today announced the intention to sue the Ohio National Guard in connection with violations of the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA) and other federal laws concerning the planned installation of a wind turbine on the shores of Lake Erie.

A clarification: although there are discrepancies about the populations of humpback whales, they are indeed on the federal endangered species list.

Pacific smelt have just been added to the federal endangered species list.

They were placed on the federal endangered species list in 1967.

These areas contain populations of endangered blue, humpback and fin whales that are federally protected under the Federal Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1538 et seq.), the Marine Mammal Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), and the National Marine Sanctuaries Act (16 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.).

In addition, the monarch butterfly is under review by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for protection as a threatened species under the federal Endangered Species Act, with a final listing decision expected in June 2019.

KEY DOCUMENTS 2012 Decision that federal protection may be warranted 2010 Federal Endangered Species Act listing petition Map of predicted climate change effects on white - tailed ptarmigan's range

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service this week announced a year - long review of the groups» petition to give the monarch protection under the federal Endangered Species Act.

On March 28, 2008, the northern Rocky Mountain gray wolf was taken off the federal endangered species list.

The loggerhead sea turtle is listed as threatened (likely to become endangered, in danger of extinction, within the foreseeable future) under the U.S. Federal Endangered Species Act and internationally it is listed as endangered (facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild in the near future) by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.

The case has long been considered a high - stakes test of how far the federal Endangered Species Act can require changes to modern society aimed at ensuring the continued viability of species considered iconic.

Some conservation advocates wanted the grouse to get the greatest legal protection available under the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA).

Under the new agreement, gray wolves will be delisted in those states that have established suitable protection plans (Idaho and Montana)-- so limited hunting will be allowed there — while federal Endangered Species Act (ESA) protections will remain in place in the other states (Washington, Oregon, Utah and Wyoming) where gray wolf populations are still in jeopardy.

For these species, the federal Endangered Species Act can help preserve habitat, require «consultation» on projects that need federal approval and make most hunting illegal.

Not exact matches

Sept. 26, 2012: A coalition of conservation groups files suit in Federal Court to force Ottawa to protect endangered and threatened species along the route of the proposed pipeline, including Pacific humpback whales.

If a judge deems the British Columbia government is not doing enough to protect crucial habitat of the endangered spotted owl, he or she could order the federal environment minister to recommend an emergency protection order under the federal Species at Risk Act.

Animals Australia is joining tireless advocates Colin Riddell and Bob Irwin in a Coalition of 28 animal welfare and conservation groups calling on the Federal Government to ban the hunting of all endangered and vulnerable native species.

Voted against prohibiting federal funds to be used for listing the Mexican wolf as an endangered species;

Riverkeeper is blasting a recently released federal review that concluded construction for a new Tappan Zee Bridge will not harm the river's sturgeon, an endangered species of prehistoric fish.

And they say their concerns about potential pollution, overreliance on fracked gas and encroachment of historic sites and endangered species» habitats have been ignored by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and other state and federal agencies.

They say their concerns about potential pollution, overreliance on fracked gas and encroachment of historic sites and endangered species» habitats have been ignored by Governor Andrew Cuomo's Department of Environmental Conservation and other state and federal agencies.

Sean Ryan [email protected] Municipalities are worried projects that require an endangered species review will not meet the deadlines to obtain federal stimulus money.

The US Endangered Species Act requires federal biologists to keep close tabs on pelican populations for the first five years after delisting.

A few years later in the United States, the federal government began keeping an official list of species in danger of extinction — what we call endangered species — and species likely to become endangered within the foreseeable future — threatened species.

A federal judge ruled last week that a federal agency's actions to improve habitats for endangered species along the Missouri River exacerbated floods, causing damage to local farmers whose land was temporarily inundated.

Conservation groups allege that the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Department of Energy failed to consider the spirit of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and also violated the Endangered Species Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act.

The species was on the brink of extinction late in the 20th century but has largely recovered and now has a stable population and is in the process of being removed from the U.S. federal government's list of endangered species.

Exactly how that will play out is unclear, and federal laws still bar the export of endangered species of the flowers.

In 2007 the federal government removed the bald eagle from the Endangered Species List.

The groups» scientists also surveyed systematists to fill out the species lists and drew on expert advice to create a new list of endangered species that includes species that haven't wound through the red tape to gain federal endangered status.

A federal judge ruled on Thursday that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service violated the Endangered Species Act by issuing a permit to Montana allowing it to open the Stillwater State Forest to timber harvests in areas that would damage grizzly territory.

Says biologist Richard Mace of Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, «We have a federal law called the Endangered Species Act, and [under this law] the federal government is supposed to help identify and conserve threatened species.Species Act, and [under this law] the federal government is supposed to help identify and conserve threatened species.species.»

Whooping cranes are protected by two federal laws: the Endangered Species Act and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.

Greater sage grouse are listed as endangered in Canada under the Federal Species at Risk Act.

After DDT was banned in 1972 and the Endangered Species Act was passed the following year, bald eagle recovery programs were launched across the nation by state and federal wildlife agencies, conservation organizations, and universities.

The species is listed as threatened under the U.S. Endangered Species Act (ESA), which means federal officials are required to come up with a so - called recovery plan for nursing the plant back to species is listed as threatened under the U.S. Endangered Species Act (ESA), which means federal officials are required to come up with a so - called recovery plan for nursing the plant back to Species Act (ESA), which means federal officials are required to come up with a so - called recovery plan for nursing the plant back to health.

A coalition of environmental groups filed suit against the federal agency in May, accusing it of violating the Endangered Species Act and driving salmon to extinction by delaying interventions in the Columbia River Basin.

Each database tracked the presence or absence of organisms either listed as threatened or endangered by state or federal authorities, perilously close to being listed, or species of concern to The Nature Conservancy, which maintains biodiversity databases nationwide.

That drop and declines elsewhere prompted U.S. federal agencies to propose upgrading most loggerheads from threatened to endangered under the Endangered Spendangered under the Endangered SpEndangered Species Act.

Most of the federal agencies responsible for managing public lands and wildlife are housed within the Department of the Interior, including the National Park Service; the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), which manages lands for recreation, mining and energy development; and the Fish and Wildlife Service, which works to recover endangered species.

The final BDCP is intended to provide the scientific underpinning needed to gain authorizations under federal and state endangered species laws to build the water diversion tunnel.

Seeking a truce in a battle that has pitted a showy, pointy - tailed bird against virtually every industry of the western United States, federal officials today said they would implement a plan to protect the greater sage grouse without listing it as an endangered species.

They claim the EPA's approval violated both the Endangered Species Act and the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act.