By Joe Nelson, Van Ness Feldman, LLP Do not mistake the mundane for the unimportant. With two routine notices, one published in January and the second posted on an Office of Management and Budget (OMB) website at the end of [...]
Issues IPAA featured in the Washington Post. Last week, the Washington Post featured an extensive article on the lesser prairie chicken and its potential listing as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). While the article was fairly balanced, it [...]
Issues Utah releases management plan for Greater sage-grouse. On Wednesday, April 24th, Utah released its new Greater sage grouse conservation plan to protect and expand the grouse’s habitat region. The plan, which covers 90 percent of the species, designates 11 [...]
Issues FWS “Breaking” Utah’s Heart over Gunnison Sage-grouse Listing. This week, Utah Lt. Governor Greg Bell provided testimony at a Committee on Natural Resources hearing. During his testimony, the Lt. Governor stated that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) [...]
Issues Utah county adopts sage grouse conservation plan. In an effort to avoid a federal listing of the Gunnison sage-grouse, the Box Elder County Commission has endorsed a pilot program to protect the bird. The plan includes poisoning ravens, removing [...]
Rep. Steve Daines of Montana Earlier this month, I had the opportunity to spend a day in Sidney, Montana. From standing near the base of a recently constructed oil rig to having candid conversations with local business owners who have [...]
By Molly Cagle & Carlos Romo, Baker Botts L.L.P. On March 26, 2013, a panel of three judges from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit stayed the U.S. District Court ruling in The Aransas Project (TAP) [...]
Issues **ESA Watch website now live! Interested in viewing news regarding ESA regulations and comments, or miss one of our ESA newsletters? Visit IPAA’s new ESAWatch.org website. IPAA and others comment on proposed Gunnison sage-grouse listing. This week, the [...]