Endangered Species Act

Mead is scheduled to testify on July 17th on the discussion draft of the Endangered Species Act Amendments of 2018 released by Senator John Barrasso.

House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Rob Bishop said the bills would curb excessive litigation and allow officials to focus on actual species conservation.

Former Governor Dave Freudenthal called for update and making de-listing a priority.

Conservation groups are fighting the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's plans to remove Yellowstone grizzly bears from the endangered species list.

POWELL, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has captured and relocated about two dozen grizzly bears in northwest Wyoming this year. Game and Fish supervisor Dan Thompson says this year's grizzly bear relocation cases are up from 2014 when a total of 16 northwest Wyoming grizzlies were relocated...

Wyoming loves its wildlife, Gov. Matt Mead said Wednesday. It does not love the way the federal government has handled wildlife through the 1973 Endangered Species Act, Mead said at a news conference. "Roughly 1 percent of all species that have been listed have been delisted," he said...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today it will re-open the public comment period on its proposal to designate 546,335 acres of critical habitat for the western population of yellow-billed cuckoo.

The western population of the yellow-billed cuckoo will be protected as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act.

A federal judge Tuesday overturned wolf delisting in Wyoming and reinstated federal protections.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says it will extend the deadline for a final decision on whether to list the wolverine under the Endangered Species Act. Amy Richards reports. A Natrona County man convicted of his second sex crime will spend the rest of his life behind bars...