Politics overrules biologists' views in wolverine decision
MISSOULA, Mont.- A recent federal decision refusing to protect wolverines in the western United States is a case of political considerations winning out over scientific findings by wildlife experts with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, according to a coalition of 10 conservation groups that filed suit today in U.S. District Court to challenge the agency's decision to not protect the species under the Endangered Species Act.
Court order reinstates safeguards for endangered right whales
A federal judge has ordered the National Marine Fisheries Service to reinstate rules aimed at protecting critically endangered right whales, humpbacks and fin whales from deadly entanglements in fishing gear.
Wolverine ESA Listing Complaint
Lawsuit to challenge USFWS' March 11, 2008 decision not to list wolverines as endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
Jamie Clark's Testimony on the Bush Administration's 11th Hour Proposed Changes to ESA
Testimony of Jamie Clark, Defenders' Executive Vice President and former U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director, before Senate Environment and Public Works Committee explaining how the Bush proposal to modify the Endangered Species Act (ESA) would harm threatened and endangered species.
