Endangered species

California wildlife officials have been working to mitigate the impact of the state's rebounding wolf population on its ranchers. The Northern California wolves that were euthanized had become dependent on cattle for food.

The Bureau of Reclamation proposal faces opposition from the Klamath Tribes over fish survival.

The latest lawsuit is part of nearly 20-year fight to protect the red tree vole that has lost 65% of its Oregon Coast old-growth habitat to logging and wildfire.

Unusually high mortality for gray whales along the coast has researchers concerned for the recovering species.

Gray wolves were absent from California for nearly a century due to hunting and habitat loss. But that changed in the 2010s, when the species began to travel into California from nearby states.

Oregon wildlife officials counted more gray wolves than ever last winter, a promising sign for the federally endangered species.

While it’s an unprecedented third year in a row for no commercially caught salmon, brief windows will be allowed for sportsfishing in California.

With salmon fishing barred off the California coast for two years, fishermen have been running historic boat tours, party cruises, and scattering the ashes of the deceased to try to stay afloat. Now, fishing fleets are gearing up for a third year.

Five Northwest conservation groups have joined the federal government in defending a program to kill barred owls in the Pacific Northwest to protect the threatened northern spotted owl.

Earlier this month, a levee separating Agency Lake and the Upper Klamath National Wildlife Refuge was breached, re-connecting 14,000 acres of wetland habitat to Upper Klamath Lake.

The announcements come just days before the start of the Trump administration, which is widely expected to promote extractive industries over conservation.

A new pack of endangered grey wolves was recently confirmed in Northern California, on the border of Lassen, Plumas and Shasta counties.