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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Nov. 17 it will list two distinct population segments (DPS) of the lesser prairie chicken under the Endangered Species Act. USFWS is also finalizing a section 4(d) rule designed to conserve the northern DPS of the lesser prairie chicken while allowing greater flexibility for landowners and land managers. Ranchers and environmentalists are about to face off, yet again, over the lesser prairie chicken. [Extracted from the article]

The California Supreme Court has denied a review of an appeal of a California Court of Appeal ruling from this summer that bumblebees are eligible for protection as threatened or endangered "fish" under the California Endangered Species Act (CESA). App.5th 337, 341.) In June, the appellate court reversed the trial court's ruling in favor of Western Growers and six other agricultural groups. [Extracted from the article]

The monarch team will provide samples of recent monarch publications from ISU Extension and Outreach, including 5 Ways to Help the Monarchs, Enhancing Monarch Butterfly Conservation in Iowaand Monarch Seed Mix. Farmers, gardeners and anyone with interest in helping monarch butterflies thrive can get involved with the resources provided by Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. [Extracted from the article]

Farmers, gardeners and anyone with interest in helping monarch butterflies thrive can get involved with the resources provided by Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. The monarch team will provide samples of recent monarch publications from ISU Extension and Outreach, including 5 Ways to Help the Monarchs, Enhancing Monarch Butterfly Conservation in Iowaand Monarch Seed Mix. [Extracted from the article]

Farmers, gardeners and anyone with interest in helping monarch butterflies thrive can get involved with the resources provided by Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. The monarch team will provide samples of recent monarch publications from ISU Extension and Outreach, including 5 Ways to Help the Monarchs, Enhancing Monarch Butterfly Conservation in Iowaand Monarch Seed Mix. [Extracted from the article]

Farmers, gardeners and anyone with interest in helping monarch butterflies thrive can get involved with the resources provided by Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. The monarch team will provide samples of recent monarch publications from ISU Extension and Outreach, including 5 Ways to Help the Monarchs, Enhancing Monarch Butterfly Conservation in Iowaand Monarch Seed Mix. [Extracted from the article]

The monarch team will provide samples of recent monarch publications from ISU Extension and Outreach, including 5 Ways to Help the Monarchs, Enhancing Monarch Butterfly Conservation in Iowaand Monarch Seed Mix. Farmers, gardeners and anyone with interest in helping monarch butterflies thrive can get involved with the resources provided by Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. [Extracted from the article]

The case is Almond Alliance of California et al. v. Fish and Game Commission et al, Xerces Society For Invertebrate Conservation et al, intervenors; California Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District, No. C093542. A California Court of Appeal has ruled that bumblebees are eligible for protection as threatened or endangered "fish" under the California Endangered Species Act (CESA). [Extracted from the article]

University of Minnesota researchers are looking for farmers who grow dicamba-tolerant soybeans to volunteer for a study focused on off-site movement of dicamba. The Minnesota Department of Agriculture requested the state-specific restrictions last December following discussions with soybean growers and Extension specialists. [Extracted from the article]

This is an "unsustainable and legally tenuous situation", EPA says in which EPA's schedule for meeting its ESA obligations has historically been determined through the courts. Embattled by court cases and pesticide approval inefficiencies, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released its first-ever comprehensive workplan to address the decades-old challenge of protecting endangered species from pesticides. [Extracted from the article]

MDA requested the state-specific restrictions last December following discussions with soybean growers and Extension specialists. The U.S. EPA has approved the Minnesota Department of Agriculture's request for state-specific restrictions during the 2022 growing season for three dicamba herbicides used on dicamba-tolerant soybeans. [Extracted from the article]

River Partners has an earned revenue financial model as part of its non-profit status, according to River Partners President Julie Rentner. Restoring the population of an endangered rabbit is one on several collaborative conservation efforts on farmland at the confluence of two major California rivers. Public-private partnerships About 10 years ago River Partners purchased 1,600 acres of farmland from Lyons that included eight miles of river frontage along the Tuolumne and San Joaquin rivers. [Extracted from the article]

The states have applied the best-available population models, and the most current data shows grizzly bear populations have grown beyond the edges of the bear's biological and socially suitable range. Fulfilling a promise made in September, Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon has officially petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to remove the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE) population of grizzly bears from the Endangered Species List. [Extracted from the article]

Fulfilling a promise made in September, Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon has officially petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to remove the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE) population of grizzly bears from the Endangered Species List. The states have applied the best-available population models, and the most current data shows grizzly bear populations have grown beyond the edges of the bear's biological and socially suitable range. [Extracted from the article]

The states have applied the best-available population models, and the most current data shows grizzly bear populations have grown beyond the edges of the bear's biological and socially suitable range. Fulfilling a promise made in September, Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon has officially petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to remove the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE) population of grizzly bears from the Endangered Species List. [Extracted from the article]

The states have applied the best-available population models, and the most current data shows grizzly bear populations have grown beyond the edges of the bear's biological and socially suitable range. Fulfilling a promise made in September, Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon has officially petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to remove the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE) population of grizzly bears from the Endangered Species List. [Extracted from the article]

Fulfilling a promise made in September, Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon has officially petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to remove the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE) population of grizzly bears from the Endangered Species List. The states have applied the best-available population models, and the most current data shows grizzly bear populations have grown beyond the edges of the bear's biological and socially suitable range. [Extracted from the article]

On Jan. 11, EPA renewed Enlist Duo and Enlist One herbicides registrations for seven years but with an ESA qualification. Some essential agricultural products for the Southeast, just like the rest of the nation, include endangered species buffer zones to help keep the product on target and away from natural areas and endangered species, and applicators are required by law to follow them. Georgia has 151 counties with federally listed endangered species. [Extracted from the article]

For more information about wolves in Michigan, including links to the survey and the state's wolf management plan, visit michigan.gov/wolves. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is updating the state's wolf management plan and is seeking public comment, via an online survey through Jan. 31, about the future of wolf management. The plan and these four goals have guided wolf management in Michigan for the past 13 years. [Extracted from the article]

The plan and these four goals have guided wolf management in Michigan for the past 13 years. For more information about wolves in Michigan, including links to the survey and the state's wolf management plan, visit michigan.gov/wolves. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is updating the state's wolf management plan and is seeking public comment, via an online survey through Jan. 31, about the future of wolf management. [Extracted from the article]

The plan and these four goals have guided wolf management in Michigan for the past 13 years. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is updating the state's wolf management plan and is seeking public comment, via an online survey through Jan. 31, about the future of wolf management. For more information about wolves in Michigan, including links to the survey and the state's wolf management plan, visit michigan.gov/wolves. [Extracted from the article]

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is updating the state's wolf management plan and is seeking public comment, via an online survey through Jan. 31, about the future of wolf management. The plan and these four goals have guided wolf management in Michigan for the past 13 years. For more information about wolves in Michigan, including links to the survey and the state's wolf management plan, visit michigan.gov/wolves. [Extracted from the article]

The plan and these four goals have guided wolf management in Michigan for the past 13 years. For more information about wolves in Michigan, including links to the survey and the state's wolf management plan, visit michigan.gov/wolves. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is updating the state's wolf management plan and is seeking public comment, via an online survey through Jan. 31, about the future of wolf management. [Extracted from the article]

The state-specific restrictions require EPA approval and would appear on the federal label for each product. Following discussions with soybean farmers and Extension specialists, the Minnesota Department of Agriculture Dec. 9 announced it will work with four dicamba herbicide product manufacturers and the EPA to implement state-specific use restrictions for Minnesota during the 2022 growing season. [Extracted from the article]

"These evaluations encompass all registered uses and approved product labels for pesticide products containing these three herbicides", EPA said in an announcement. For example, in October 2020, then EPA administrator Andrew Wheeler announced the five-year registration for dicamba, which included additional restrictions on tank mixing, downwind buffer requirements, and cutoff dates for over-the-top applications. Nov. 12, EPA released its finalized biological evaluations for glyphosate, atrazine and simazine, saying all three herbicides are "likely to adversely affect" one or more species listed under the Endangered Species Act or their designated critical habitats. [Extracted from the article]

State wildlife officials have confirmed that the year's first wolf depredation of a cow in California occurred in eastern Plumas County on May 25, continuing what has become a string of attacks on livestock since gray wolves began migrating south from the Pacific Northwest a decade ago. Wolves still protected Gray wolves were removed from the federal endangered species list earlier this year but are still protected in California, making it illegal to kill or wound them or even to shoo them away. [Extracted from the article]

Gov. Jared Polis said a state biologist and district wildilfe manager each observed the litter with at least three pups with their parents, according to The Associated Press. Colorado wildlife officials last weekend spotted the state's first known litter of gray wolf pups since the 1940s, a wire service is reporting. [Extracted from the article]

Gov. Jared Polis said a state biologist and district wildilfe manager each observed the litter with at least three pups with their parents, according to The Associated Press. Colorado wildlife officials last weekend spotted the state's first known litter of gray wolf pups since the 1940s, a wire service is reporting. [Extracted from the article]

Gov. Jared Polis said a state biologist and district wildilfe manager each observed the litter with at least three pups with their parents, according to The Associated Press. Colorado wildlife officials last weekend spotted the state's first known litter of gray wolf pups since the 1940s, a wire service is reporting. [Extracted from the article]

Colorado wildlife officials last weekend spotted the state's first known litter of gray wolf pups since the 1940s, a wire service is reporting. Gov. Jared Polis said a state biologist and district wildilfe manager each observed the litter with at least three pups with their parents, according to The Associated Press. [Extracted from the article]

Colorado wildlife officials last weekend spotted the state's first known litter of gray wolf pups since the 1940s, a wire service is reporting. Gov. Jared Polis said a state biologist and district wildilfe manager each observed the litter with at least three pups with their parents, according to The Associated Press. [Extracted from the article]

The author asserts that regulators can extend the Endangered Species Act (ESA) buffer zones which may make less of a farm available to apply the essential products needed to make sustainable decision for that farm. He talks about the passage of the ESA in 1973, court decisions on cases involving conservation and environmental groups, and the demand for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to re-examine its decision process and buffer requirements for about 1,100 active ingredients.

The National Cattlemen's Beef Association and Public Lands Council expressed opposition to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's decision to move forward with Endangered Species Act designations for the Lesser Prairie Chicken. Unfortunately, the decision to implement restrictive ESA protections for the species after a decades-long conservation partnership directly disincentives continuation of effective, public-private conservation partnerships. By FWS's own admission, millions of acres of land have been enrolled in voluntary conservation measures across the lesser prairie chicken's range. [Extracted from the article]

By FWS's own admission, millions of acres of land have been enrolled in voluntary conservation measures across the lesser prairie chicken's range. Unfortunately, the decision to implement restrictive ESA protections for the species after a decades-long conservation partnership directly disincentives continuation of effective, public-private conservation partnerships. The National Cattlemen's Beef Association and Public Lands Council expressed opposition to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's decision to move forward with Endangered Species Act designations for the Lesser Prairie Chicken. [Extracted from the article]

By FWS's own admission, millions of acres of land have been enrolled in voluntary conservation measures across the lesser prairie chicken's range. Unfortunately, the decision to implement restrictive ESA protections for the species after a decades-long conservation partnership directly disincentives continuation of effective, public-private conservation partnerships. The National Cattlemen's Beef Association and Public Lands Council expressed opposition to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's decision to move forward with Endangered Species Act designations for the Lesser Prairie Chicken. [Extracted from the article]

The National Cattlemen's Beef Association and Public Lands Council expressed opposition to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's decision to move forward with Endangered Species Act designations for the Lesser Prairie Chicken. By FWS's own admission, millions of acres of land have been enrolled in voluntary conservation measures across the lesser prairie chicken's range. Unfortunately, the decision to implement restrictive ESA protections for the species after a decades-long conservation partnership directly disincentives continuation of effective, public-private conservation partnerships. [Extracted from the article]

The National Cattlemen's Beef Association and Public Lands Council expressed opposition to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's decision to move forward with Endangered Species Act designations for the Lesser Prairie Chicken. Unfortunately, the decision to implement restrictive ESA protections for the species after a decades-long conservation partnership directly disincentives continuation of effective, public-private conservation partnerships. By FWS's own admission, millions of acres of land have been enrolled in voluntary conservation measures across the lesser prairie chicken's range. [Extracted from the article]

New research on monarchs by Iowa State University scientists offers important insights to those trying to boost populations by planting habitat close to corn and soybean fields. The second paper used the results of her research to model landscape-scale monarch population responses based on different assumptions of insect pest pressure, insecticide use patterns and habitat restoration sites. [Extracted from the article]

New research on monarchs by Iowa State University scientists offers important insights to those trying to boost populations by planting habitat close to corn and soybean fields. The second paper used the results of her research to model landscape-scale monarch population responses based on different assumptions of insect pest pressure, insecticide use patterns and habitat restoration sites. [Extracted from the article]