Issues Mussels Species Get New Critical Habitat Designation. This week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced a final rule designating 1,920 river miles of critical habitat across 12 states for two mussel species—the rabbitsfoot and the Neosho mucket. The [...]
Issues IPAA Voices Concerns with Northern Long-Eared Bat Listing. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette published a letter to the editor this week from Independent Petroleum Association of America President (IPAA) Barry Russell regarding the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s decision to list [...]
Issues FWS Lists Northern Long-Eared Bat. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced this week to list the northern long-eared bat as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The bat’s population across its 38-state range has been decimated in [...]
Issues IPAA Files Joint Northern Long-Eared Bat 4d Comments With API. This week, the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) and the American Petroleum Institute (API) filed joint comments regarding the proposed 4(d) rule for the Northern long-eared bat. In [...]
Issues IPAA Conducts Meetings on Capitol Hill. This week in Washington, D.C., 70 members of the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) held nearly 150 meetings with key legislators and their staff to discuss issues critical to crude oil exports, [...]
Issues Western Governors Discuss Greater Sage-Grouse Listing with Jewell. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell met with governors representing Western states on Sunday to talk about a potential listing of the Greater sage-grouse under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). According to Western [...]
Issues Western Counties Contemplating Legal Action on Sage Grouse. Counties in Colorado and Nevada are considering pursuing legal measures in response to federal government action in relation to sage grouse listings under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). In Colorado, several [...]
Issues Northern Long-eared Bat Listing Worries Kansas Officials. Kansas officials are concerned that the potential federal listing of the Northern long-eared bat as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) could affect local construction projects. If the U.S. [...]