August 27, 2018
The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Marine Fisheries Service has agreed to environmentalists' demand that it set deadlines for deciding whether to designate habitat for humpback whale populations protected by the Endangered Species Act.
March 16, 2018
A coalition of Native-led and environmental organizations filed suit Thursday against the National Marine Fisheries Service, alleging it has not acted quickly enough to designate critical habitat to protect three distinct populations of humpback whales that are endangered or threatened.