The American Petroleum Institute and the Independent Petroleum Association of America submitted comments on the Draft Methodology for prioritizing status reviews and accompanying 12-month findings on petitions for listing species under the Endangered Species Act. API and IPAA appreciate that the Draft Methodology [...]
Issues IPAA talks ESA at Planning Conference. This week, the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) invited experts on the Endangered Species Act (ESA) to their 2016 Strategic Planning Conference. This included a panel on pollinators and a presentation by [...]
Issues ICYMI: New species page on the monarch butterfly. IPAA has created a new species page for the monarch butterfly. In March 2015, IPAA submitted joint comments with the American Petroleum Institute (API) to the Fish and Wildlife Service in response to [...]
Issues IPAA files intent to sue over American burying beetle. The Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA), alongside fellow petitioners the American Stewards of Liberty, the Texas Public Policy Foundation, and Steven W. Carothers, notified the U.S. Fish and Wildlife [...]
Issues FWS publishes 4(d) rule for northern long-eared bat. This week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service published a final 4(d) rule establishing guidelines for human interaction with the threatened northern long-eared bat (NLEB). The bat’s population has declined in [...]
Issues ICYMI. ESA Watch has published a Special Report reflecting on IPAA’s work on the Endangered Species Act (ESA) over the past year and looking ahead at the key issues to follow in 2016. The report summarizes last year’s developments [...]
Over the past year, the IPAA team has continued its efforts to advocate for the appropriate and effective use of the Endangered Species Act (ESA), balancing the protection of critical species and habitats with economic development and sound science. With [...]
Issues Guardian Files Complaint Against Fish and Wildlife. This week, WildEarth Guardians filed a complaint against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for failing to meet their 12-month findings for 69 species. The group previously called for federal protection of [...]