A rare chipmunk species in the Sacramento Mountains in New Mexico was the latest conservationists accused the federal government of failing to protect despite its dwindling population and ...

A lawsuit alleged federal inaction to protect a chipmunk native to the mountains of southern New Mexico after the species’ numbers dwindled and it was believed at risk of extinction. The U.S. Fish and ...

SILVER CITY, N.M.— Following a decade of advocacy from the Center for Biological Diversity and allies, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today added the Peñasco least chipmunk of southeastern New ...

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) — A chipmunk found only in New Mexico was listed as endangered in December of last year. The Peñasco Least Chipmunk is one of 17 subspecies of Least Chipmunks. Their only known ...

Dec. 28—Two years after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed protecting a shrinking population of chipmunks native to Southern New Mexico, that protection is coming. The federal agency earlier ...

SILVER CITY, N.M. (KRQE) – A lawsuit brought by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service by the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) claims the department failed to finalize endangered species protections ...

A chipmunk native to the Sacramento Mountains in southern New Mexico could be nearing extinction and the federal government hoped to step in. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last week recommended ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Two years after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed protecting a shrinking population of chipmunks ...