NATIONAL Oil companies pledge 1.5 million acres for prairie chickens. Associated Press. Five oil and gas companies have pledged to give 1.5 million acres of land in five states toward conservation of lesser prairie chicken habitat. The Texas Parks and [...]
The Western Energy Alliance has released a video on how oil and natural gas companies are producing energy while protecting our natural environment and wildlife. The video features Brian Maxfield, Senior Biologist with the Utah Department of Natural Resources talking [...]
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service have released a proposed rule regarding Incidental Take Statements (ITS) for endangered species. The proposed rule relates to the use of “surrogates” to imply the likely extent [...]
On June 20, 2013, the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA), alongside oil and gas trade groups from across the country, submitted comments to the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) regarding the Proposed Special Rule under Section 4(d) of the [...]
The United States Geological Society (USGS) has released a Baseline Environmental Report (BER) regarding the Greater sage-grouse entitled “Summary of Science, Activities, Programs, and Policies That Influence the Rangewide Conservation of Greater Sage-Grouse.” The goal of the report is to [...]
The following is a letter to the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) from the American Petroleum Institute (API). API has submitted questions on the record concerning the relationship between the FWS 4(d) process and the Western Association of Fish & [...]
Issues BLM approves wind project critics say threatens Calif. Condors. On May 24th, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced it had approved the East Wind Project in Southern California. The project includes the first-ever authorization allowing the project proponent [...]