Michael has covered the Interior Department, the Fish and Wildlife Service and endangered species since 2017. He previously covered California and legal affairs for McClatchy's Washington Bureau. He is the author of three books, "The Ministers' War," "Radical Chapters" and "The Forestport Breaks." He graduated from Oberlin College and earned master's degrees from Yale Law School, where he was a Knight Journalism Fellow, and from Johns Hopkins University. He is an adjunct instructor at George Washington University and is a Virginia-certified EMT.
Convicted in a bizarre murder-for-hire plot as well as some less garish Endangered Species Act violations, the onetime roadside zoo owner known as Joe Exotic is now hoping his aid to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) can lead to leniency.
The nation's largest agricultural water district could secure permanent access to precious irrigation deliveries under a newly proposed deal — reviving California political strife and questions about Interior Secretary David Bernhardt's role in the matter.
Sticking to its guns, the Fish and Wildlife Service announced today the California spotted owl still doesn't warrant Endangered Species Act protections.
The Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed extending modified federal protections to the West Coast population of fisher, a vulnerable forest-dwelling mammal with a long track record.
Katharine MacGregor skated through her confirmation hearing yesterday for the position of Interior Department deputy secretary, scoring the early public support of at least one senior Democrat.