This week, the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA), the American Petroleum Institute (API), and others filed joint supplemental comments on the proposed listing of the Lesser Prairie Chicken (LPC) as threatened under the ESA. The comments reiterate concerns that [...]
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 [...]
On June 20, 2013, the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA), alongside oil and gas trade groups from across the country, submitted comments to the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) regarding the Proposed Special Rule under Section 4(d) of the [...]
The following complaint is between plaintiffs Defenders of Wildlife and the Center for Biological Diversity versus defendants Sally Jewell, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Interior (DOI), and Daniel Ashe, Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). This [...]
Issues FWS postpones decision on lesser prairie chicken. This week, federal wildlife officials decided to postpone making a final decision on whether to list the lesser prairie chicken as threatened under the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA). The decision pushes [...]