Issues Utah releases management plan for Greater sage-grouse. On Wednesday, April 24th, Utah released its new Greater sage grouse conservation plan to protect and expand the grouse’s habitat region. The plan, which covers 90 percent of the species, designates 11 [...]
Issues FWS “Breaking” Utah’s Heart over Gunnison Sage-grouse Listing. This week, Utah Lt. Governor Greg Bell provided testimony at a Committee on Natural Resources hearing. During his testimony, the Lt. Governor stated that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) [...]
Issues Utah county adopts sage grouse conservation plan. In an effort to avoid a federal listing of the Gunnison sage-grouse, the Box Elder County Commission has endorsed a pilot program to protect the bird. The plan includes poisoning ravens, removing [...]
Rep. Steve Daines of Montana Earlier this month, I had the opportunity to spend a day in Sidney, Montana. From standing near the base of a recently constructed oil rig to having candid conversations with local business owners who have [...]
By Molly Cagle & Carlos Romo, Baker Botts L.L.P. On March 26, 2013, a panel of three judges from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit stayed the U.S. District Court ruling in The Aransas Project (TAP) [...]
Issues **ESA Watch website now live! Interested in viewing news regarding ESA regulations and comments, or miss one of our ESA newsletters? Visit IPAA’s new ESAWatch.org website. IPAA and others comment on proposed Gunnison sage-grouse listing. This week, the [...]
This week, the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA), along with the Western Energy Alliance (WEA), Public Lands Advocacy (PLA), and the Colorado Oil and Gas Association (COGA), sent a letter to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Western Colorado [...]
The American Petroleum Institute (API) submitted comments to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in favor of state and local efforts to conserve the Gunnison sage-grouse. The comments regarding the proposed critical habitat designation for the sage‐grouse can be found HERE [...]