Endangered Species Act

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Center for Biological Diversity seeks protections for rare Alabama fish

The Stippled Studfish is a rare freshwater fish which, after decades of development, pollution and worsening drought, can now only be found in a few isolated streams in Alabama. However, thanks to a recent petition by the Center for Biological Diversity, the stippled studfish may gain new federal protections under the Endangered Species Act, ESA. … Continued

Alex Jobin

January 26, 2026

Trump admin to strip “look-alike” protections from three Alabama turtle species

A new proposal by the Trump administration could remove look-alike status for several species, including three Alabama turtle species.

Alex Jobin

September 26, 2025

Opinion

Beach mouse takes a bite out of Alabama’s growth

It’s way past time for the Alabama beach mouse to be removed from the Endangered Species List.

Jerry Carl

September 5, 2023

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: 7 Alabama endangered species lost to extinction

“We’re at risk of losing hundreds more species because of a lack of urgency,” said a senior scientist at the Center for Biological Diversity.

Brandon Moseley

September 30, 2021

Fish and Wildlife Service proposes to list frecklebelly madtom as threatened under the Endangered Species Act

The frecklebelly madtom is a small catfish that inhabits channels and tributaries of medium to large river systems.

Brandon Moseley

November 19, 2020

Fish and Wildlife Service designates critical habitat for the threatened trispot darter

The trispot darter is a small, bottom-dwelling, freshwater fish native to the upper Coosa River Basin.

Brandon Moseley

September 30, 2020

Alabama taxpayers will pay to defend Trump administration rollback of Endangered Species Act

Alabama taxpayers will pay as much as $30,000 to a Los Angeles law firm to defend President Donald Trump’s substantial weakening of the Endangered Species Act, according to state records. Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall led a coalition of 13 states in the Dec. 9 filing in a California district court in defense of the … Continued

Eddie Burkhalter

January 9, 2020

Alabama Alligator Season opens this week

The 2018 Alabama Alligator season will open this week. Only persons who were awarded an alligator tag from the state will be able to actually hunt for an American alligator. Chris Nix is the Alabama Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries’ Alligator Program Coordinator. Nix said that the 2018 alligator season parameters are the same as last … Continued

Brandon Moseley

August 9, 2018

Strange challenges Obama administration expansion of Endangered Species Act

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Tuesday, November 29, 2016, Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange (R) led a coalition of 18 states in filing a complaint in a lawsuit challenging new federal rules that broadly expand the definition for “critical habitats” for endangered and threatened species. AG Strange said in a statement, “Washington bureaucrats have … Continued

Brandon Moseley

December 1, 2016

Opinion

Agriculture Matters

By Congressman Bradley Byrne (AL-1) Despite Alabama’s growth in manufacturing, agriculture remains the top industry in the state, as well as the top industry right here in Alabama’s First Congressional District. The economic impact of agriculture in our state is over $70 billion. Here in Southwest Alabama, over 102,000 jobs are connected to agriculture and … Continued

Bradley Byrne

October 18, 2016