Issues IPAA Holds ESA Panel at Conference. This week, IPAA held an event for its members in Florida titled the Strategic Planning Conference on Land Access and Environmental Issues. As a part of the event, IPAA’s Samantha McDonald moderated a [...]
Issues Jewell Reiterates Commitment to Greater Sage-grouse Protection. This week, Interior Secretary Sally Jewell emphasized the federal government’s responsibility to make a decision on whether to list the Greater sage-grouse under the federal Endangered Species Act by September 30, 2015. [...]
Issues Fish and Wildlife Service Publishing Special 4(d) Rule For the Northern Long-Eared Bat. This week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released a section 4(d) rule in the event that it decides a threatened listing for the Northern long-eared [...]
Issues Gunnison sage-grouse listing ruffles feathers in Colorado. At the end of December 2014, Gunnison County, the western Colorado county in the center of the Gunnison sage-grouse debate, filed a formal notice of intent to sue the U.S. Fish and [...]
Issues IPAA and API Submit Comments on Northern Long-Eared Bat. This week, the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) and the American Petroleum Institute (API) submitted a third round of joint comments on the proposed listing of the Northern Long-Eared [...]
Issues IPAA Submits Request to FWS Regarding Listing Petition Transparency. This week, IPAA submitted a letter to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe, requesting additional transparency surrounding the listing petition process under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). As [...]
Issues IPAA Meets with Administration to Talk Greater Sage-Grouse. Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) leadership and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) met on Monday, December 1st to discuss the proposed listing of the Greater sage-grouse under the [...]
Issues FWS Extends Comment Period on Bat. This week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced its decision to reopen the public comment period on the proposed listing of the northern long-eared bat as endangered under the Endangered Species Act [...]