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The Interior Department in the past week sent to the White House for review three rules that could significantly affect the way habitat is protected for threatened and endangered species.

One of the rules will determine how the Fish and Wildlife Service decides which lands to set aside as...

Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.) last week introduced a bill that would conserve nearly 1 million acres of Sonoran Desert lands, a move aimed at protecting both wildlife habitat and adjacent military bases.

Grijalva's H.R. 1799, which encompasses parts of his district and that of Republican...

The Fish and Wildlife Service has agreed to decide in the next five years whether to list 10 new species under the Endangered Species Act, including a rare Pacific Northwest mammal, an Arizona orchid and four species of springsnails.

The settlement announced late last week with the Center...

A Defense Department program has resulted in the creation of more than 260,000 acres of sanctuaries as the military tries to keep urban growth from affecting its bases.

Through the Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative, the agency has spent nearly $1 billion to create buffer...