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Endangered Species Act

A grizzly bear in the autumn grasses of Denali National Park.

As endangered species protections falter, national parks take on newfound importance

 Environment
• October 20, 2026

National parks can serve as ‘backstops’ for protected wildlife, but they may not be enough to ensure their long-term survival

An endangered blue and red striped candy darter in a river.

This freshwater fish is facing an identity crisis

 Environment
• July 24, 2023

Efforts to restore candy darter populations are underway, but their genes live on in other fish and raise thorny questions for conservation biologists

Wolves are targets in the Endangered Species Act “modernization”

 Environment
• May 3, 2017

Congress considers updating the law, a move some think will defang it

Coming back from captivity

 Environment
• May 2, 2016

An endangered bird is promised future habitat at home, but needs help sooner

Protecting wildlife in the thick of it

 Environment
• April 18, 2016

$100 million refuge proposed to shelter iconic rabbits and other thicket species

Two rare bees pass first hurdle for federal protection

 Environment
• December 23, 2015

Bee-lovers race against population declines and bureaucracy

Op-ed: The wolf and I

 Environment
• June 22, 2014

A story of love, history and lupine politics

 
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