endangered species

The Center for Biological Diversity sued in 2023 and secured a settlement last year that forced the government to decide by May whether to list the fish under the Endangered Species Act.

Wildlife managers say an annual population survey shows there are now at least 286 Mexican gray wolves roaming parts of New Mexico and Arizona. That is 11% more than the previous year.

The lawsuit follows a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decision in February to reject conservationists’ requests to restore endangered species protections across the region.

Drought, growth and overuse across the West have strained the Colorado River. That’s why KUER has joined a new journalism collaboration focused on exploring the river’s challenges and solutions.

Damage inside Glen Canyon Dam could mean problems with the "river outlet works," a set of small tubes near the bottom of the dam that were originally intended to release excess water when the reservoir is nearing full capacity. The dam allows water to pass through to the Colorado River and Grand Canyon.

A coalition of environmental groups has proposed a set of new rules for managing the Colorado River amid heated negotiations about how to share the water supply, which is shrinking due to climate changed.

The Bureau of Reclamation released a draft plan for releases from Glen Canyon Dam, which holds back Lake Powell. It's an effort to protect the Colorado River's native humpback chub from smallmouth bass.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials announced Friday that it has rejected petitions from environmental groups to add wolves in the northern Rockies and parts of the western U.S. to the Endangered Species List.

Changing climate patterns and growing populations are having an impact on all of our lives, but it is also affecting birds and their migration patterns.

The project near Moab had a breakthrough this fall in its quest to give young Colorado River fish a refuge from invasive predators.

The plan to build a new highway through a conservation area near St. George has taken a step back. The Bureau of Land Management is revisiting its formal analysis of the road’s environmental impact after a lawsuit from conservation groups.

The federal government is spending more than $200 million to reopen spawning grounds for fish, which includes an effort to recover an endangered species sacred to the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe in Nevada.