On July 22, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service published a draft policy [79 Fed. Reg. 42,525] in reference to the Voluntary Prelisting Conservation Actions. Within that register notice was also a brief proposed policy on the information collection aspects [...]
June 27, 2014 Contacts: Gavin Shire (FWS), (703) 358-2649, gavin_shire@fws.gov Connie Barclay (NOAA), (301) 427-8003, connie.barclay@noaa.gov The Department of the Interior’s U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Marine Fisheries Service today announced a [...]
Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: OXY) announced today that it has enrolled nearly 1.8 million acres of its oil and gas interests in Texas, New Mexico, Kansas and Oklahoma, in programs designed to support conservation measures for the Lesser Prairie-Chicken (LEPC). [...]
This week the American Petroleum Institute (API), Western Energy Alliance, Public Lands Advocacy, and the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) submitted comments regarding the Draft Greater Sage-Grouse Land Use Plan Amendment/Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Utah Sub-Region. Thank [...]
The Western Energy Alliance has released a video on how oil and natural gas companies are producing energy while protecting our natural environment and wildlife. The video features Brian Maxfield, Senior Biologist with the Utah Department of Natural Resources talking [...]
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service have released a proposed rule regarding Incidental Take Statements (ITS) for endangered species. The proposed rule relates to the use of “surrogates” to imply the likely extent [...]
On August 23rd, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Fisheries Service submitted for publication in the Federal Register a final rule revising regulations for impact analyses of critical habitat designations for endangered [...]
This week, the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA), the American Petroleum Institute (API), and others filed joint supplemental comments on the proposed listing of the Lesser Prairie Chicken (LPC) as threatened under the ESA. The comments reiterate concerns that [...]