Today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released its first in a series of “rapid ecoregional assessments (REA)”. BLM claims these assessments will better help protect sensitive wildlife habitat and guide energy development. A copy of the REA, which was [...]
By Michael Catanzaro, managing director in FTI Consulting’s strategic communications practice The Independent Petroleum Association of America’s (IPAA) Florida meeting on the Endangered Species Act (ESA) provided a forum to discuss effective ways to minimize, even eliminate, the threat ESA poses [...]
By Barry Russell, President, Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) IPAA held a meeting on the Endangered Species Act in Fort Lauderdale, Florida this week. Representatives from IPAA’s member companies and other industry groups came together and discussed the implications of [...]
By Congressman Steve Pearce (NM-2) When the Mexican spotted owl was listed under the Endangered Species Act, the Fish and Wildlife Service claimed logging was the problem, and implemented major restrictions. Twenty years later, more than 100 timber mills have [...]