A comment period is currently open for the diamond darter, a fish that currently occurs within the portion of the Elk River below Sutton Dam in Kanawha and Clay Counties, West Virginia. Last year, IPAA endorsed the West Virginia Chamber [...]
Issues Senators call for response to “sue and settle” agreement. Yesterday, Senators David Vitter (R-LA), John Boozman (R-AR), Jeff Sessions (R-AL), and James Inhofe (R-OK) sent a letter to U.S. FWS Director Daniel Ashe in regard to a May 2012 [...]
By Nancy Macan McNally, NESARC Approaching its 40th anniversary later this year, the Endangered Species Act originally was approved by Congress, with broad bipartisan support, to protect high profile endangered species such as the grizzly bear. Throughout the years, implementation [...]
Today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released its first in a series of “rapid ecoregional assessments (REA)”. BLM claims these assessments will better help protect sensitive wildlife habitat and guide energy development. A copy of the REA, which was [...]
By Michael Catanzaro, managing director in FTI Consulting’s strategic communications practice The Independent Petroleum Association of America’s (IPAA) Florida meeting on the Endangered Species Act (ESA) provided a forum to discuss effective ways to minimize, even eliminate, the threat ESA poses [...]
By Barry Russell, President, Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) IPAA held a meeting on the Endangered Species Act in Fort Lauderdale, Florida this week. Representatives from IPAA’s member companies and other industry groups came together and discussed the implications of [...]
By Congressman Steve Pearce (NM-2) When the Mexican spotted owl was listed under the Endangered Species Act, the Fish and Wildlife Service claimed logging was the problem, and implemented major restrictions. Twenty years later, more than 100 timber mills have [...]
By Kent Holsinger, managing partner of Holsinger Law, LLC. 2013 is the 40th Anniversary of the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Congress passed the law with visions of protecting iconic species like grizzly bears and bald eagles. Few could have foreseen its [...]