Center for Biological Diversity petitioned to protect mountain yellow-legged frogs in Sierra Nevada under Endangered Species Act in 2000. recent taxonomic split of the species separated Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog and the population of the mountain yellow-legged frog. ..…

Arizona Democrat and chairman of House Natural Resources Committee expedited hearings after Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming submitted the plan to Congress on March 19.. ..…

The introduction of the federal bill comes as 12 states are considering forfeiture reforms, including South Carolina, Minnesota and Nevada, which are all considering bills that would ban civil forfeiture and replace it with a criminal forfeiture process based on a criminal conviction, according to..…