Weekly Newsletter | February 15, 2019 Issues Senate approves public lands bill that protects endangered species. Earlier this week, the Senate passed a comprehensive conservation bill to protect millions of acres of land and miles of wild rivers across the [...]
Weekly Newsletter | February 8, 2019 Issues David Bernhardt, selected to head Interior Department. President Trump has selected David Bernhardt to be the next Secretary of the Department of Interior Department (DOI). David Bernhardt is no stranger to serving the [...]
Weekly Newsletter | February 1, 2019 Issues Post-shutdown, sage grouse conservation plans back on the table. With the government reopened, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) officials have returned to work and at the top of the department’s backlog are public [...]
Weekly Newsletter | January 25, 2019 Issues House Democrats release new Interior-EPA bill. Late last week, Democrats in the House released a litany of negotiated legislation to support funding for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Interior Department (DOI). [...]
Weekly Newsletter | January 18, 2019 Issues BLM extends protest deadline for Obama-era sage-grouse plan revisions. Following confusion over technical mishaps related to the partial government shutdown on the Interior Department’s website, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has heeded [...]
Weekly Newsletter | January 11, 2019 Issues Government shutdown interrupts changes to sage-grouse conservation plans. Conservation groups are demanding the Interior Department (DOI) give them more time to formally appeal proposed revisions to Obama-era Greater sage-grouse conservation plans, after problems [...]
Weekly Newsletter | January 4, 2019 Issues IPAA, Trade Associations submit comments to USFS on Sage-Grouse LMPAs. This week, in partnership with the American Petroleum Institute (API), Western Energy Alliance (WEA), and Petroleum Association of Wyoming (PAW), the Independent Petroleum [...]
Weekly Newsletter | December 14, 2018 **Please note ESA Newsletters will begin again in January. From everyone at IPAA, we wish you a happy and healthy holiday season! Issues Debate over Obama-era sage-grouse conservation revisions continues. The Bureau of Land [...]