The Orlando Sentinel recently reported on the brewing battle between SpaceX — a California company owned by billionaire Elon Musk — and those looking to protect refuge habitat.
SpaceX wants 150 acres in an area known as Shiloh, which is surrounded by the healthiest part of Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge. SpaceX continues to perform commercial [...]

Mother Jones magazine reports that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has confirmed the presence of white-nose syndrome at Fern Cave National Wildlife Refuge in Alabama — reportedly one of the most spectacular caves in the country and a prime habitat for bats.

This cave provides winter hibernation space for several bat species, including the largest [...]

The Reflector in Washington state reports that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has been transferring endangered Columbian white-tailed deer from the Julia Butler Hansen Refuge in Cathlamet to Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge.

The move was made after the USFWS discovered the potential failure of a dike along Steamboat Slough Road in Cathlamet brought on by [...]

The Huffington Post reported on the news that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has footage of an uncollared endangered Florida panther moving three kittens to a den in Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge in Florida.

Kevin Godsea, FWS’s project leader of the SW Florida Gulf Coast Refuges, told HuffPost that the camera photographed the [...]

The Wahkiakum County Eagle in Washington State reports that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing an emergency translocation of Columbian white-tailed deer from Julia Butler Hansen Refuge for the Columbian White-tailed Deer near Cathlamet to the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge due to the imminent failure of the Steamboat Slough dike, a dike owned [...]

For twenty-five years, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has been working to restore America’s endangered red wolves, with national wildlife refuges such as Alligator River NWR and Cape Romain NWR — both in North Carolina — playing a role in their recovery. Currently red wolves roam free only in North Carolina, but the state [...]

The Center for Biological Diversity reports that a study published in the journal Bioscience finds that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service routinely ignored scientific peer review when designating protected critical habitat for endangered species.

According to the study published this month, the agency ignored recommendations by scientific experts to add areas to critical habitat to [...]

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reports that for the second time in recorded history an endangered short-tailed albatross chick has hatched at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge within the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. The chick hatched Jan 12, just hours after oceanographer Dr. Sylvia Earle and marine life artist Wyland visited the nest. [...]

Tallahassee.com reports that the Operation Migration pilots are being allowed to continue assisting endangered whooping cranes as they migrate south.
As this blog reported on January 6, the FAA had grounded the migration operation in Alabama while the federal agency looked into whether the pilots were flying for hire or for the benefit of a [...]

The Tampa Bay Times reports that the Federal Aviation Administration has grounded the pilots with Operation Migration — the volunteers who help train endangered whooping cranes to migrate annually from Wisconsin to Florida, specifically St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge in the Florida Panhandle and the Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge.

Sakrison reported that the FAA issue concerns [...]

The Associated Press reports on an issue that should not come as a surprise to anyone who has followed the impact of lead poisoning in America — the continued use of lead bullets by hunters is preventing the recovery of the endangered California condor.

A recovery program aimed at restoring the California condor to much of [...]

San Antonio Express News reports that a retired U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service expert has been required to testify in a lawsuit brought by The Aransas Project, which claims that the state of Texas has failed to keep enough fresh water flowing into bays and estuaries to allow endangered whooping cranes to survive.
The Justice Department [...]