ICYMI: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced a six-month extension on the deadline for making a final ESA listing determination for the Texas hornshell. The public comment period is open until September 11th. New species pages: IPAA has developed [...]
CAP report looks at sage grouse plans. In a new report published this week, the Center for American Progress (CAP) claims that Interior Secretary Zinke favored oil and natural gas development in his review of the sage grouse conservation management [...]
Interior to announce lesser prairie-chicken listing in fall. The White House released its Unified Agenda this week, including plans from the Interior Department to issue a proposed rule on whether to list the lesser prairie chicken under the Endangered Species Act. Fish and [...]
Issues Six years of aerial survey data show lesser prairie chicken populations holding steady. A new survey from the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (WAFWA) finds the lesser prairie-chicken population is remaining stable, with an increase in the estimated breeding [...]
Issues IPAA holds meetings with Interior, Fish and Wildlife leadership. This week, IPAA President and CEO Barry Russell, Senior Vice President of Government Relations and Political Affairs Dan Naatz, Government Relations and Political Affairs Director Ryan Ullman, and Government Relations [...]
Issues Western Governors invite Zinke to talk sage grouse. The Western State Governors coalition sent a letter to Secretary Zinke this week, calling on the Interior head to meet with them in Montana next week at the Western Governors' Association [...]
Issues Western leaders assess Zinke’s sage grouse plan. In the wake of Sec. Zinke’s recent secretarial order on sage grouse conservation, officials across the country have begun to weigh in on the potential effects of the order on the species. In [...]
Issues Interior Department orders review of sage grouse plans. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke on Wednesday signed a secretarial order announcing a review of federal sage grouse conservation plans. The purpose of the review is to strengthen sage grouse conservation while [...]