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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Fish and Wildlife first identified the dunes sagebrush lizard as needing protection in 1982. Since then, it has been removed and added multiple times from the candidate list for endangered species ...

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 ...

On May 20, 2024, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) published a final rule listing the dunes sagebrush lizard (Scleroperus arenicolus) (DSL) ...

A U.S Fish and Wildlife proposal to add the dunes sagebrush lizard to the endangered species list has been extended for the second time in just over a decade as oil and gas interests push back on ...

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.