U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Director Dan Ashe announced on August 12 that the agency was withdrawing a proposal to list wolverines as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), according to the Wildlife Management Institute. Agency leadership determined that the effects of climate change were uncertain on the species at this time and therefore did not warrant federal listing. However, the decision countered...
New research from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) found that insecticides known as neonicotinoids were found commonly in streams throughout the Midwest, reports the Wildlife Management Institute. The group of chemicals has increasingly come under fire in recent years as research begins to show impacts to species outside of the target insects. Recent studies suggest that neonicotinoid residues are found in the pollen and...
