Issues Endangered Species Act focus of House field hearing. This week, four members of the House Natural Resources Committee held a field hearing in Casper, Wyoming focusing on the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and the impact ESA listings have on [...]
Issues FWS and NOAA Fisheries Issue Final Rule Met with Strong Criticism. On August 23rd, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Fisheries Service submitted for publication in the Federal Register a final [...]
Issues Texas petroleum trade associations endorse range wide plan for lesser prairie chicken. This week, the Panhandle Producers & Royalty Owners Association and the Permian Basin Petroleum Association, representing more than 2000 independent oil and gas producers, service companies and [...]
Issues BLM Announces Greater Sage Grouse Draft Plan for Northwest Colorado. Today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced its draft Resource Management Plan (RMP) Amendments and Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Greater sage grouse in Colorado’s Northwest [...]
Issues FWS Director Ashe in Hot Water. This week, House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (R-WA) sent a letter to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Director Dan Ashe in response to a management advisory from the Department of [...]
Issues CCAA approved by FWS. This week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) approved a final Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances (CCAA) for the Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout in New Mexico and Colorado. The FWS also issued its final [...]
Issues Gunnison Sage Grouse Listing Delayed; Met with Cheers. This week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) announced its decision to delay its proposed listing of the Gunnison Sage Grouse by six months. The decision comes in the wake [...]
Issues Federal Government Denies Appeal for Listing of Ribbon Seals. An appeal to list ribbon seals under the Endangered Species Act was rejected by the National Marine Fisheries Service on Tuesday. The listing was rejected because the species decline was [...]