On March 8, 2016, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued proposed revisions (FWS-HQ-ES-2015-0126) to their mitigation policy that would provide a policy framework for applying a landscape-scale approach to achieve through the application of mitigation hierarchy a net gain, [...]
This week, IPAA submitted comments on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service’s revisions to the proposed regulations for petitions for listing species under the Endangered Species Act. While IPAA supports the overall objective of [...]
ICYMI: Today is Endangered Species Day! The Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) has worked with its allies for years to address rising challenges related to the Endangered Species Act. Visit our website, esawatch.org, to learn more. Issues Congress and [...]
Issues Administration won't appeal Texas court's decision on lesser prairie chicken. The Obama Administration said Wednesday that it would not appeal recent court rulings by a U.S. District Court that removed Endangered Species Act protections for the lesser prairie chicken. [...]
IPAA and API submitted comments on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s proposed revisions to its Mitigation Policy. The draft policy improperly expands the Service’s authority beyond that delegated by Congress, and lacks statutory and regulatory justification. Its onerous requirements [...]
Issues Federal government pledges to restore 500K acres of lesser prairie chicken habitat. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) vowed last week to restore an additional 500,000 acres of lesser prairie chicken habitat across five states via a voluntary landowner [...]
Issues U.S. decides against setting aside protected habitat for northern long-eared bat. Federal wildlife officials announced Monday that they would not set aside protected habitat for the caves inhabited by northern long-eared bats, explaining that doing so may draw the [...]
Issues Public comment open again for the burying beetle. This week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service posted in the Federal Register an invitation for public comment on incidental take permit applications for the American burying beetle “resulting from activities [...]