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 ...
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 US Fish and Wildlife Service has officially listed the dunes sagebrush lizard as an endangered species, highlighting threats from oil and gas drilling, sand mining, and climate change in ...