The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently decided that the Sonoran Desert population of Bald Eagle is not a listable taxon...

Before the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA), there was the Endangered Species Preservation Act of 1966. The first list of U.S. endangered species...

It is not always obvious which side of a bird-related conservation lawsuit is the right side. As many birders know, the last wild California...

Controversies about federal public lands have focused attention on the value of federal lands to birds and birders. Because federal public lands include a...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) is considering changing the status of the endangered Black-capped Vireo: it has proposed delisting it entirely. The...

In 2015 a Federal Duck Stamp Task Force was convened under the auspices of the Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies (AFWA) consisting of seventeen...

Jason A. Crotty is a birder and lawyer living in Portland, Oregon. He has visited more than 40 National Wildlife Refuges in 20 states...

June 9, 2015 – It’s deja vu all over again. The latest press release from the USFWS U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan...