By W. Parker Moore Be careful what you ask for. That old standby bears repeating with the recent proposal of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service (Services) to amend their Endangered Species Act (ESA) [...]
Issues New Mexico Counties Stand Up Against LPC Listing. This week, the Quay County Commission alongside other Eastern New Mexico counties signed a letter to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Director Daniel Ashe, opposing the proposed federal listing of [...]
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 [...]
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service have released a proposed rule regarding Incidental Take Statements (ITS) for endangered species. The proposed rule relates to the use of “surrogates” to imply the likely extent [...]
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 rule revising regulations for impact analyses of critical habitat designations for endangered [...]
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 [...]