7+ hour, 52+ min ago   (553+ words) The federal government is considering removing the Roadless Rule which was adopted in the final hours of the Clinton Administration in 2001. That rule, designed to protect wilderness areas, is now making it difficult to treat unhealthy federal forests and fight…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (151+ words) The federal government recently narrowed the definition of “harm” in the Endangered Species Act. Citing the Loper Bright decision, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service have rescinded the “regulatory definition of ‘harm’” and…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (537+ words) In 2024, the Center for Biological Diversity characterized the 9 percent drop in the state’s total gray wolf population as “infuriating,” “dramatic,” and “disturbing.” Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife biologists noted they believed the dip in overall population was likely…...