Haaland: Bison 'inextricably intertwined with Indigenous culture, grassland ecology and American history'
By DOI Newswire | Mar 7, 2023
The restoration of healthy herds of an iconic yet "functionally extinct" species and the prairies it once thrived on is the focus of a newly formed working group.
Gaddis-Wyatt: New Moab manager 'a thoughful and analytical leader'
By DOI Newswire | Feb 27, 2023
Dave Pals has been named field manager of the Bureau of Land Management's Moab Field Office, after serving as acting field manager since September.
Haaland: Delisting wood stork 'a significant milestone' in species restoration
By DOI Newswire | Feb 19, 2023
The recovery of the wood stork from near extinction in the mid-1980s to sustainable population levels today is leading the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to propose removing the shore bird from the federal list of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife.
Haaland: Wildland firefighters can count on DOI 'to support their work and keep them safe'
By DOI Newswire | Feb 16, 2023
A federal commission tasked with identifying ways to better fight wildland fires in the U.S. has released its recommendations on how to meet the country's needs for aerial firefighting equipment through 2030.
Vilsack: BLM 'committed to managing healthy wild horses on healthy public lands'
By DOI Newswire | Feb 15, 2023
The Bureau of Land Management is spending over $600,000 in northwest Colorado to "better manage" the overpopulated herds of wild horses in the Sand Wash Basin.
Williams: Threatened-species designation for penguin 'an alarm bell but also a call to action'
By DOI Newswire | Feb 13, 2023
Emperor penguins are "in danger of extinction in the foreseeable future" in considerable portions of their range because of climate change, prompting the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to finalize protections for the bird under the Endangered Species Act.
