Endangered Species Act

The Endangered Species Act has protected habitat for 50 years. Rescinding the act’s definition of “harm” removed those protections.

Following 50 years of federal protections, the new proposal would concentrate more management control into the hands of state agencies.

Wyoming, Montana, Idaho and Washington could take over management, but hunting will not immediately be on the table.

The world’s smallest rabbit is at the center of a new legal fight that conservation groups say could have broad implications for sagebrush ecosystems across the Mountain West.

The new ruling could be a setback for the Trump administration, which is trying to loosen habitat protections.

Advocates worry this delay could signal a future attempt from the Trump administration to take grizzlies off the endangered species list.

Conservationists say the plans for managing the declining species could push them closer to extinction.

The numbers are fueling the debate about whether grizzlies should remain protected under the Endangered Species Act.

The new proposal has big implications for threatened and endangered species, and their critical habitat.

After a judge lamented the “political yo-yo” process embroiling wolf management in the Northern Rockies, no one appears to know how to deescalate the debate.