NATIONAL Pending Govt. Designation Could Threaten Areas of NE Shale Development. Oil & Gas 360. In April the agency will rule, under the Endangered Species Act, as to whether the Northern Long-Eared Bat will be classified as threatened or endangered, [...]
Issues IPAA Conducts Meetings on Capitol Hill. This week in Washington, D.C., 70 members of the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) held nearly 150 meetings with key legislators and their staff to discuss issues critical to crude oil exports, [...]
Issues Western Governors Discuss Greater Sage-Grouse Listing with Jewell. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell met with governors representing Western states on Sunday to talk about a potential listing of the Greater sage-grouse under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). According to Western [...]
NATIONAL Sage grouse listing must be avoided to protect energy industry. Billings Gazette, IPAA President and CEO Barry Russell. In November, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service listed the Gunnison sage-grouse, a bird that resides in sagebrush lands across Colorado [...]
Issues Western Counties Contemplating Legal Action on Sage Grouse. Counties in Colorado and Nevada are considering pursuing legal measures in response to federal government action in relation to sage grouse listings under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). In Colorado, several [...]
Issues Northern Long-eared Bat Listing Worries Kansas Officials. Kansas officials are concerned that the potential federal listing of the Northern long-eared bat as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) could affect local construction projects. If the U.S. [...]
NATIONAL Forest Service plan to help sage grouse on NV-CA line ripped. Associated Press. Conservationists have criticized the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest's plan to protect habitat for a distinct species of sage grouse found along the Nevada-California line south of Reno. [...]
Issues IPAA Holds ESA Panel at Conference. This week, IPAA held an event for its members in Florida titled the Strategic Planning Conference on Land Access and Environmental Issues. As a part of the event, IPAA’s Samantha McDonald moderated a [...]