This week, the Colorado Park and Wildlife Department submitted comments to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service regarding the proposed endangered listing of the Gunnison sage-grouse under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Their comments include concerns regarding the science used [...]
Issues FWS releases Greater Sage-grouse report. On Monday, March 25th, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) released a final report, a collaborative effort between state and federal agencies, aimed at guiding and evaluating Greater Sage-grouse conservation efforts. The report [...]
Issues IPAA sets the record straight on the Gunnison sage grouse. Last week, the New York Times ran an Op-Ed in support of listing the Gunnison sage grouse under the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA). The piece was critical of [...]
By David Bernhardt, a Shareholder with Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP and the former Solicitor of the U.S. Department of the Interior. Many have criticized the massive legal settlement recently agreed to by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (the [...]
Issues IPAA Submits comments on the Lesser Prairie Chicken. This week, the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) submitted comments to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) in regards to the proposed listing of the Lesser Prairie Chicken (LPC). [...]
Last month, IPAA submitted comments with the American Petroleum Institute (API), New Mexico Oil and Gas Association (NMOGA), Panhandle Producers & Royalty Owners Association (PPROA), Western Energy Alliance, International Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC), Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association (OIPA) and [...]
Issues House leader speaks out on ESA. House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) sent a letter yesterday to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Director Dan Ashe and Department of the Interior Secretary Ken Salazar. In his letter, the Chairman [...]
By Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) In 2011, two environmental groups settled multi-district litigation with the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) that will result in potentially hundreds of species being added to the endangered species list and the payment of expensive [...]