Tag: US Fish and Wildlife Service

Press Release: Endangered Species Protection Sought for California, Oregon Salamander Threatened by Logging

For Immediate Release, March 12, 2018 Contacts:       Josh Laughlin, Cascadia Wildlands, (541) 844-8182, jlaughlin@cascwild.org Jeff Miller, Center for Biological Diversity, (707) 604-7739, jmiller@biologicaldiversity.org George Sexton, KS Wild, (541) 778-8120, … Continue reading Press Release: Endangered Species Protection Sought for California, Oregon Salamander Threatened by Logging

Lawsuit Launched to Protect Northwest Prairie Bird Species

For Immediate Release, August 5, 2015   Contact:     Nick Cady, Cascadia Wildlands, (541) 434-1463, nick@cascwild.org Noah Greenwald, Center for Biological Diversity, (503) 484-7495, ngreenwald@biologicaldiversity.org   Lawsuit Launched to Gain … Continue reading Lawsuit Launched to Protect Northwest Prairie Bird Species

Wolf Tracks

Willamette Week by Aaron Mesh May 27, 2015   Nick Cady is thrilled to see the return of gray wolves to Oregon’s Cascade Range. He celebrated when the wolf dubbed … Continue reading Wolf Tracks

Fish and Wildlife Service Plays Politics With Wolverine Survival

For Immediate Release, August 12, 2014   Contacts:  Nick Cady, Cascadia Wildlands, (314) 482-3746 Drew Kerr, WildEarth Guardians, (312) 375-6104  Matthew Bishop, Western Environmental Law Center, (406) 324-8011    Fish … Continue reading Fish and Wildlife Service Plays Politics With Wolverine Survival

US Fish and Wildlife Service: The Leadership and Vision Vacuum

By Bob Ferris   "A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise." Aldo … Continue reading US Fish and Wildlife Service: The Leadership and Vision Vacuum

Interior Department: The Need for a Gumption Pill

By Bob Ferris   gump•tion  [guhmp-shuhn]  noun Informal. 1. initiative; aggressiveness; resourcefulness: With his gumption he'll make a success of himself. 2. courage; spunk; guts: It takes gumption to quit … Continue reading Interior Department: The Need for a Gumption Pill

Where’s the science? Fish and Wildlife Service must rewrite proposal to strip endangered species protections from gray wolves (an excerpt)

By Paul Paquet and Bob Ferris  Special to the Mercury News   Silicon Valley embraces science and loves innovation. Sadly, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has recently shown contempt … Continue reading Where’s the science? Fish and Wildlife Service must rewrite proposal to strip endangered species protections from gray wolves (an excerpt)

Updating Roosevelt: Teddy and the Wolves

By Bob Ferris   I have frequently observed that some of the folks who wrap themselves most tightly in the American flag are those who take some of the most … Continue reading Updating Roosevelt: Teddy and the Wolves

BREAKING NEWS: Peer Reviewers Find Fault with USFWS Science on Wolf Delisting–comment period reopens

The US Fish and Wildlife Service just release the following press statement about the independent Peer review (see link at bottom of page):   Service Reopens Comment Period on Wolf … Continue reading BREAKING NEWS: Peer Reviewers Find Fault with USFWS Science on Wolf Delisting–comment period reopens