NATIONAL Request prioritizes operations, acquisitions over species. E&E News (sub req’d). Spending levels at the Fish and Wildlife Service would get a significant boost under the budget proposed yesterday by the president, with most of the new funds targeting operations, [...]
Issues Jewell Reiterates Commitment to Greater Sage-grouse Protection. This week, Interior Secretary Sally Jewell emphasized the federal government’s responsibility to make a decision on whether to list the Greater sage-grouse under the federal Endangered Species Act by September 30, 2015. [...]
NATIONAL Enviros petition FWS to designate habitat for 9 species. E&E News (sub req’d). The Fish and Wildlife Service has shirked its legal responsibility by not designating critical habitat for nine endangered species, according to a new petition from environmentalists. [...]
Issues IPAA Discusses Greater sage-grouse in Casper Star Tribune. This weekend, IPAA President Barry Russell highlighted the concerns of America’s independent oil and natural gas producers over a proposed federal listing of the Greater sage-grouse on the Endangered Species Act [...]
A close relative of the Gunnison, the greater sage grouse occupies an 11-state range, including key oil and gas producing states such as Wyoming, Colorado, North Dakota, Nevada, and Utah. Needless to say, a federal listing decision would have an [...]
Issues Fish and Wildlife Service Publishing Special 4(d) Rule For the Northern Long-Eared Bat. This week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released a section 4(d) rule in the event that it decides a threatened listing for the Northern long-eared [...]
Issues Gunnison sage-grouse listing ruffles feathers in Colorado. At the end of December 2014, Gunnison County, the western Colorado county in the center of the Gunnison sage-grouse debate, filed a formal notice of intent to sue the U.S. Fish and [...]
Issues IPAA and API Submit Comments on Northern Long-Eared Bat. This week, the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) and the American Petroleum Institute (API) submitted a third round of joint comments on the proposed listing of the Northern Long-Eared [...]