Over the objections of the oil and gas industry, two environmental groups are asking the federal government to protect a tiny West Texas reptile amid the failure of a state-crafted plan to conserve it. The Center for Biological Diversity and Defenders of Wildlife petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on May 8 to list the dunes sagebrush lizard as threatened or endangered under the federal Endangered Species Act. –The Texas Tribune Read more…
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