On May 20, 2024, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) issued a final rule listing the dunes sagebrush lizard (“DSL”) as endangered under the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”). 1 The ...

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.

West Texas lizard listed as endangered after 42 years. Will it affect oil and gas? The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service initially identified the species' need for federal protections in 1982 but ...

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 ...

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has listed the dunes sagebrush lizard as endangered after 42 years, possibly impacting oil and agriculture.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed Friday that the dunes sagebrush lizard be listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act, in response to a petition and 12-month finding by the ...

Even before the dunes sagebrush lizard was designated a species in 1992, environmentalists wanted the reptile to have endangered species status. The rare lizard, which is only found in Southeast ...

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 ...

Oil and gas industry supporters worried conserving the rare lizard species in the Permian Basin could restrict industry access to land.

The dunes sagebrush lizard was listed as endangered under the federal Endangered Species Act, per a decision issued May 17 by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

The dunes sagebrush lizard was listed as endangered under the federal Endangered Species Act, per a decision issued May 17 by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.