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Two freshwater mussel species are getting federal protection

Tribes say the decision to reduce water flow "has more to do with potatoes than it does fish.”

A legal fight over the Arctic grayling shows how regs can hurt rather than help.

The Biden administration plans changes in federal regulations to encourage voluntary conservation projects on private land, partly by shielding owners from punishment if their actions kill or harm small numbers of imperiled species

The fight to save the birds’ habitat ignites old frustrations over California’s engagement with tribal communities

BOISE, Idaho — One day after Idaho officials threatened to sue the federal government for failing to respond to petitions to remove grizzly bears from Endangered Species Act protections, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said it will move forward with reconsidering the bears’ position — though it won’t consider…

The Biden administration is temporarily delaying legal protections for two imperiled species after getting pushback from congressional Republicans

A nonprofit group that aims to protect endangered species has asked the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to reintroduce sea otters to a stretch of the West Coast from Northern California to Oregon

Five days after the U.S. Energy Department announced a $700 million conditional loan to an Australian company for a lithium mine in Nevada, federal land managers cited the developer for trespassing within the habitat of an endangered wildflower

Appointed Department of Natural Resources commissioner in 2019 by Gov. Tim Walz, Sarah Strommen is the first woman to lead the conservation agency. In the interview below Strommen, now reappointed by Walz, looks back at recent conservation successes and also at challenges that lie ahead. The interview has been edited…

An endangered Mexican gray wolf has roamed beyond the species’ recovery area into the more northern reaches of New Mexico