Center for Biological Diversity

Lawsuit Launched Over Critical Habitat Delay for Threatened Louisiana Pinesnake

NEW ORLEANS— The Center for Biological Diversity notified the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today that it intends to sue over the agency’s failure to finalize critical habitat for the Louisiana ...
E&E

Courts cut a snake’s critical habitat, retain a bird’s ESA listing

An appeals court rejected the Pacific Legal Foundation’s push to delist the southwestern willow flycatcher, while a district judge in Alabama agreed to shrink the critical habitat for the black pine ...
Center for Biological Diversity

Threatened Snakes to Get Protected Habitat in Arizona, New Mexico

TUCSON, Ariz.— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today agreed to designate protected critical habitat for the narrow-headed and northern Mexican garter snakes, marking a legal victory for the Center ...
WKRG

Rare snake wins protection under critical habitat lawsuit

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A rare snake has won protection in two states under a critical habitat lawsuit filed by the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Tuesday. As a ...
WFLA News Channel 8

Florida snake encounters on the rise as habitat disappears, expert says

ST. CLOUD, Fla. (WFLA) — When it comes to Florida’s creepy crawly critters, experts want residents to believe in the power of facts over fear. “The more educated you are, the less fear you have,” ...
Sacramento Bee

New plan seeks to safeguard giant garter snake habitat in California

The giant garter snake is endemic to wetlands of the Central Valley but has seen its habitat decline by 95 percent. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service A new regional recovery plan for the giant garter ...