This week the American Petroleum Institute (API), Western Energy Alliance, Public Lands Advocacy, and the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) submitted comments regarding the Draft Greater Sage-Grouse Land Use Plan Amendment/Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Utah Sub-Region. Thank [...]
Issues Interior Secretary Visits Colorado to Discuss Sage Grouse. This week, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Director Dan Ashe visited Colorado to tour sage grouse habitat and see how ranchers are working [...]
Issues Sage Grouse Plans Ruffle Feathers in Montana. The potential listing of the Greater Sage Grouse in Montana has many residents concerned for both the state economy, local agricultural interests, and existing conservation measures. Dr. John Lacey, who farms and [...]
Issues FWS Extends Bald and Golden Eagle Programmatic Take Rule Permit. The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) has issued a final rule to extend the duration of programmatic bald and golden eagle take permits from five years to 30 [...]
Issues House Committee on Natural Resources Holds ESA Hearing. This week, the House Committee on Natural Resources held an oversight hearing on the Endangered Species Act (ESA) titled “ESA Decisions by Closed-Door Settlement: Short-Changing Science, Transparency, Private Property, and State [...]
Issues FWS Announces Extension of Comment Period for the Northern Long-Eared Bat. This week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) announced the extension of the comment period for the Northern Long-Eared Bat. On October 2, 2013, the FWS proposed [...]
Issues Western Energy Alliance Sends Letter to Sec. Jewell on Greater Sage-Grouse (GSG). This week, the Western Energy Alliance sent a letter to Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary Sally Jewell regarding the proposed listing of the Greater sage-grouse under [...]
Issues No ESA Listing for Gunnison’s Prairie Dog. This week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) announced the Gunnison’s prairie dog does not warrant listing under the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA). According to the FWS announcement in the [...]