Issues FWS and NOAA Fisheries Issue Final Rule Met with Strong Criticism. 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 [...]
Issues Texas petroleum trade associations endorse range wide plan for lesser prairie chicken. This week, the Panhandle Producers & Royalty Owners Association and the Permian Basin Petroleum Association, representing more than 2000 independent oil and gas producers, service companies and [...]
Issues Gunnison Sage Grouse Listing Delayed; Met with Cheers. This week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) announced its decision to delay its proposed listing of the Gunnison Sage Grouse by six months. The decision comes in the wake [...]
The following complaint is between plaintiffs Defenders of Wildlife and the Center for Biological Diversity versus defendants Sally Jewell, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Interior (DOI), and Daniel Ashe, Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). This [...]
Issues Senators from both parties urge extension of Lesser Prairie Chicken (LPC) decision. Senators from across the Great Plains have sent a letter to the Interior Department, urging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to take more time to [...]
Issues House leader speaks out on ESA. House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) sent a letter yesterday to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Director Dan Ashe and Department of the Interior Secretary Ken Salazar. In his letter, the Chairman [...]
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 [...]