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 ...
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 ...
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, which lives in the oil-rich Permian Basin, has been listed as endangered after a decades-long effort. Credit: Ryan Hagerty/USFWS ...
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. The ...
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 ...
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 implications behind ...
After more than a decade and several lawsuits, the US Fish and Wildlife Service announced Friday, May 17, that it is listing the dunes sagebrush lizard as endangered under the Endangered Species Act.
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The US Fish and Wildlife Service has listed the dunes sagebrush lizard, endemic to the Permian basin, as an endangered ...