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This March 2007 photo provided by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department shows a male lesser prairie chicken in a mating stature in the Texas panhandle. The Obama administration is placing the lesser prairie chicken on a list of threatened species, a move that could affect oil and gas drilling, wind farms and other activities in five central and southwestern states. The decision by the Fish and Wildlife Service is a step below “endangered” status and allows for more flexibility in how the protections for the bird will be carried out under the Endangered Species Act. An announcement was expected Thursday. The Associated Press obtained a copy of the listing decision in advance. (AP Photo/Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Jon McRoberts)

Feds list lesser prairie chicken as threatened

By MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press

Eagle populations take off in urban areas

By MARY ANN THOMAS - Associated Press

This Jan. 16, 2014 photo provided by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife shows an Oregon chub at the William L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge near Corvallis, Ore. The tiny fish found only in Oregon has become the first fish in the country removed from Endangered Species Act protection because it no longer faces extinction. It was put on the endangered species list 21 years ago. (AP Photo/Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Rick Swart)

Feds spending $175K to observe ‘swimming abilities’ of fish

By Elizabeth Harrington — The Washington Free Beacon

Kid cage at school bus stop.

Wolves no longer endangered but friends fight their delisting

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

A polar bear rests with her cubs on pack ice in northern Alaska. A federal judge in 2011 said the Bush administration violated the National Environmental Policy Act by failing to conduct an environmental impact review before issuing its ruling on the status of polar bears under the Endangered Species Act. (Associated Press)

Ruling impacts on polar bears

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Sand dune lizard

MILLER: A reptile messes with Texas

By Emily Miller - The Washington Times

Photograph by Michael T. Hill

NOON: Trading your job for a cute widdle lizard

By Marita Noon - The Washington Times

Associated Press
Rep. Rob Bishop, Utah Republican, seen here in March 2009, posted the draft report on his website Friday.

‘Green’ red tape said to hinder Border Patrol

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

N.C. island thinning herd of wild mustangs

By Tom Breen - Associated Press

Barred owl called threat to spotted owl

Bald eagle recovery falls short