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Thursday, May 27, 2010  The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service announced Thursday that the white-tailed prairie dog does not merit protection under the Endangered Species Act.

Thursday, March 04, 2010  So the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is selling off pieces -- about 300,000 of them -- in an online auction, one lot at a time for the next several months.

Tuesday, October 06, 2009  The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plans to announce the proposal Wednesday. Agency spokeswoman Diane Katzenberger says the proposal is in response to a lawsuit by the city of Greeley and findings that a former Interior Department official improperly tried to influence which areas should be considered critical habitat.

Thursday, August 20, 2009  The agency has commented that an environmental study should address the project's possible effects on fish and wildlife species.

Tuesday, August 18, 2009  The 29 that federal officials now say may need protection include the Yellowstone sand verbena, several species of milkvetch in Wyoming, Utah and Colorado, and a Midwestern mollusk called the Frigid ambersnail.

Friday, August 14, 2009  The agency submitted written comments to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which is conducting an environmental study of the proposal.

Thursday, February 12, 2009  The government has until May to decide if protection is warranted.

Wednesday, February 11, 2009  Once again El Paso County finds itself at the center of the Endangered Species Act debate.