Texas General Land Office Calls for Delisting Golden-Cheeked Warbler From Endangered Species Act

Texas General Land Office calls for delisting golden-cheeked warbler from Endangered Species Act

AUSTIN (KXAN)—The legal battle over the conservation status of the golden-cheeked warbler marches on, with the Texas General Land Office and the Texas Public Policy Foundation urging the U.S. Department of the Interior to remove the songbird from the Endangered Species Act. It's a debate that started ten years ago, when the TPPF first lobbied for the bird's delisting. The warbler is a native Texan songbird, making its home in the Ashe juniper tr…

General Land Office and Texas Public Policy Foundation Urge U.S. Department of Interior to Delist Golden-Cheeked Warbler

AUSTIN, Texas— Today, Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D., and the Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) submitted comments regarding the Golden-Cheeked Warbler in response to a Regulatory Reform Request for Information from the U.S. Department of the Interior. These comments urge the Department of the Interior to completely delist the Warbler from the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Recently, the Trump Administration announced several r…