In Wyoming, the Preble’s meadow jumping mouse may soon be regarded as just another rodent, but in Colorado, the mouse will continue to block the path of bulldozers. On Nov. 1, the U.S. Fish and ...

The Pacific Legal Foundation, a conservative public interest law firm based in California, has asked FWS that question by filing a delisting petition to remove the mouse from the “threatened” list of ...

The Boulder County commissioners recently sent a letter to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to object to a proposed change to the Endangered Species Act, saying the change would make it more ...

Friday, Wyoming Governor Dave Freudenthal said the mouseis not genetically distinguishable from other mice and therefore not deserving of special protection. Freudenthal cited a study that Wyoming ...

DENVER (AP) -- A new study reinforces a tiny rodent's reputation as the mouse that roared, and that could block millions of dollars in development in Wyoming and Colorado if it hangs on to its ...

CHEYENNE — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Thursday it would continue to protect as a threatened species a mouse that lives along streams in Colorado and eastern Wyoming, saying human ...

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DENVER - Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne said Thursday that he knows the status of the Preble's meadow jumping mouse is of high interest, but added that there's no "hard and fast" date for a ...