IPAA’s Dan Naatz in the Casper Star Tribune: When used appropriately, critical habitat designation helps ensure that important areas where endangered or threatened species reside are not destroyed or adversely modified. Unfortunately, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has recently proposed new regulations [...]
This week, IPAA President and CEO Barry Russell wrote in The Hill on the recent decision to not list the greater sage-grouse under the Endangered Species Act and the Department’s federal land use plans in the grouse’s 11-state habitat. According to [...]
IPAA President writes in the Salt Lake Tribune: "The western economy is uniquely tied to industries that rely on the use and conservation of land for jobs, revenue and prosperity. From ranchers to energy producers, stakeholders have worked together with [...]
This Friday marks Endangered Species Day, an event intended to spotlight and encourage the conservation efforts underway to protect endangered and threatened species and their habitats. As companies who work every day to provide the energy we all rely upon, [...]
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s decision to list the northern long-eared bat as threatened under the Endangered Species Act imposes unnecessary and burdensome costs on a myriad of U.S. businesses, including natural gas development in Pennsylvania. The real threat [...]
NATIONAL Bat species common to Pennsylvania threatened by disease. Associated Press. The Independent Petroleum Association of American has commented on the bat's threatened designation, but it may not file comments on the accompanying environmental rules, spokesman Neal Kirby said. He [...]
Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) Senior Vice President of Government Relations and Political Affairs Dan Naatz criticized the Obama Administration’s announcement to list the Northern Long-Eared Bat as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).Read the full release on [...]
A close relative of the Gunnison, the greater sage grouse occupies an 11-state range, including key oil and gas producing states such as Wyoming, Colorado, North Dakota, Nevada, and Utah. Needless to say, a federal listing decision would have an [...]