Wildlife service inches closer to protection of lizard

- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agreed just over a year ago to decide by June 29, 2023, whether to protect the imperiled dunes sagebrush lizard under the Endangered Species Act. The lizard has been waiting for protection for four decades. Now the Service has announced a proposed rule to list the lizard as endangered under the ESA. The decision serves as the 12-month finding on a petition t...