A lizard native to southeast New Mexico’s Permian Basin was afforded the highest level of federal protections aimed at preventing its extinction, triggering concerns that landowners and industries in ...
More than 40 years after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service initially recognized the need for federal protections for the dunes sagebrush lizard, the agency has finally listed the tiny reptile ...
The dunes sagebrush lizard lives in the same West Texas land that supports the state’s biggest oil and gas fields, and industry leaders say the new designation will hurt drilling and production.
SILVER CITY, N.M.— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today added the dunes sagebrush lizard of southeastern New Mexico and West Texas to the list of endangered species and pledged to follow up by ...
MIDLAND, Texas — The dunes sagebrush lizard was recently added to the endangered species list by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, preventing it and its habitat from destruction. However, the ...
NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is listing the dunes sagebrush lizard as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act. The dunes sagebrush lizard is a rare ...
"The Endangered Species Act is an important tool in preventing the extinction of imperiled species like the dunes sagebrush lizard," said Amy Lueders, USFWS southwest regional director, in a ...
A lizard native to southeast New Mexico’s Permian Basin was afforded the highest level of federal protections aimed at preventing its extinction, triggering concerns that landowners and ...
ODESSA — The dunes sagebrush lizard burrows its coarse, spiny body as a way to cool down, and sometimes conserve heat, deep beneath the sand dunes in the Mescalero-Monahans ecosystem 30 miles ...