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 trees that grow mainly in Central Texas. In January...