Issues Zinke signs order to improve habitat and conservation of Western species. Last Friday at the Western Conservation and Hunting Expo in Salt Lake City, Department of Interior (DOI) Secretary Ryan Zinke signed Secretarial Order 3362, directing “appropriate bureaus within [...]
Issues Federal Fish and Wildlife Service declares Texas Hornshell endangered. In today’s Federal Register, the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) published a rule that outlines the service’s determination that the Texas Hornshell warrants “endangered” status under the Endangered Species Act [...]
Issues EPA’s Pruitt signs memo to improve ESA pesticide registration process. While speaking at the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture Winter Policy Conference this week, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) [...]
Issues IPAA submits comments on Candidate Conservation Agreements with Assurances Policy and Regulations. In November 2017, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced it would review and possibly revise the Candidate Conservation Agreements with Assurances (CCAAs) Policy and CCAAs Regulations. [...]
Issues Groups express concern over U.S. Fish and Wildlife mitigation policy. In November, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service initiated a 60-day public comment period to obtain input on its existing Mitigation Policy and Endangered Species Act Compensatory Mitigation Policy, [...]
Issues Nevada counties ban together in favor of sage-grouse management plans. Seventeen Nevada counties submitted comments to the U.S. Forest Service regarding the development of renewed sage-grouse plans relative to forest management in several Western states, including Nevada. In their [...]
Issues IPAA submits comments to Fish and Wildlife Service on its mitigation policy. On November 6, 2017, the Fish and Wildlife Service began receiving public comments on its existing Mitigation Policy and Endangered Species Act Compensatory Mitigation Policy (ESA-CMP). Specifically, [...]
IPAA Director of Government Relations Samantha McDonald issued the following statement regarding the Department of the Interior Solicitor’s Opinion on the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA), an important step to clarify the intent of the law to its original purpose [...]