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Proposed legislation would direct local governments to consider the impact of development on wildlife movement and restrict use of certain rat poisons.
A new California law requires that cities and counties plan for and protect wildlife movement to ensure animals can find food, shelter and mates. New California law aims to protect free movement ...
"I think we can all agree that unintentionally poisoning native wildlife is wrong." A 2023 California Department of Fish and Wildlife report found that roughly 88% of raptors and 90% of pumas ...
The California Endangered Species Act put into effect the Department's authority to determine the designation under which wildlife was labeled as "rare" or "endangered" and provided restrictions on the importing and moving of those species except by permit. At the time, this Act did not include plants or invertebrates. [citation needed]
An example of federal-state tensions culminated in California in July 2023. It was then that California enacted its own "Western Joshua Tree Conservation Act." [39] This halted all sales of the western species of Yucca brevifolia, while instituting a permit process for any proposed removal, harm, or trimming of the species on private lands. [53]
California laws relating to fully protected species were among the first attempts in the nation to give protection to wildlife in risk of extinction, predating even the Federal Endangered Species Act (ESA). In the decades that followed, new laws were enacted that were more flexible to the needs of growing communities and the modern world.
The Recovering America's Wildlife Act (RAWA) is a bill in the United States Congress intended to provide funding for the conservation of wildlife in the United States.. In the 117th United States Congress, the House of Representatives passed it by 231–190, but although it passed the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on a bipartisan basis, it never passed the full Senate and ...
Giraffes need new protections under the United States Endangered Species Act, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials proposed on Wednesday, Nov. 20.. West African, Kordofan and Nubian ...