(WKRN) — A lawsuit was filed on Monday against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), reportedly aimed to highlight the urgent need to protect the smallest turtle species in the country, which is ...
According to the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA), the southern bog turtle is “Tennessee’s smallest and most threatened turtle.” Often found in the shallow wetlands of northeast ...
The lawsuit filed on Monday pushes the Fish and Wildlife Service to make decisions about protections for both southern bog turtles and a fish called the roughhead shiner. North America’s ...
Southern bog turtles, the smallest turtles in North America, have seen their southern population decline by 50% since 2000, with fewer than 2,000 remaining in the wild. These thumb-sized turtles ...
ATLANTA - The Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit today against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, accusing the agency of delaying critical Endangered Species Act (ESA) protections ...
ASHEVILLE, N.C.— The Center for Biological Diversity filed a petition today urging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to protect the southern population of the bog turtle as a federal endangered ...