critical habitat designation

The state Department of Natural Resources is considering giving some northern waters a critical habitat designation.

Years after being placed on the Endangered Species List, sea otters in southwest Alaska have been given an important recovery tool.The U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service on Wednesday designated more than 5,800 square miles as critical habitat for sea otters in the Aleutian Islands, Bering Sea and Alaska Peninsula.Critical habitat designation is ...

A federal judge has ruled the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service can reconsider the critical habitat designation of two threatened fish species in New Mexico and Arizona after a probe found political interference likely affected scientists' findings.