Issues Key federal agency positions in the air after presidential election results. Predictions of who will fill key cabinet positions began to circulate this week following the announcement of Donald Trump's victory in the presidential election early Wednesday morning. Sarah [...]
Issues Federal officials reveal plan to protect sage-grouse habitat. On Monday the U.S. Geological Survey and U.S. Forest Service released a plan to combat destructive wildfires and restore sagebrush in the Great Basin. The plan supports Secretary of the Interior Sally [...]
Issues Court says species can be listed as threatened based on climate change projections. The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday that the federal government may list a species as "threatened" based on climate models showing possible future [...]
Issues IPAA submits comments on ESA Compensatory Mitigation Policy. This week, IPAA filed joint comments to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on its Endangered Species Act Compensatory Mitigation Policy. The Compensatory Mitigation Policy seeks to provide a "broad umbrella [...]
Issues IPAA submits comments on proposed Texas Hornshell listing. This week, IPAA, API, Western Energy Alliance and the American Exploration & Production Council submitted jointcomments to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in opposition to the proposed listing of the [...]
Issues IPAA sends letter on NPS and FWS proposed rule. This week, IPAA and API submitted comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs regarding rules proposed by the National Park Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to regulate operations [...]
Issues Federal agencies finalize new rule on petition listing. On Monday, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Marine Fisheries Service, and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration finalized a rule changing the process by which species are petitioned for listing, [...]
Issues Senate GOP says FWS' mitigation plans overstep its authority. Republicans on the Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Fisheries, Water and Wildlife told Interior Department officials at a hearing this week that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's [...]