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17 08, 2018

Weekly Newsletter – 8/17/18

By |2018-08-17T22:58:05+00:00August 17th, 2018|Categories: Newsletters|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Issues Texas revamps conservation plans for dunes sagebrush lizard. This week, the Texas comptroller’s office announced it was seeking federal approval to reform a state conservation program to protect the dunes sagebrush lizard in the Permian Basin. The Texas Conservation Plan, developed [...]

10 08, 2018

Weekly Newsletter – 8/10/18

By |2018-08-10T16:27:17+00:00August 10th, 2018|Categories: Newsletters|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Issues Sage-Grouse debate sparked over Nevada land leases. Late last week, a U.S. Forest Service document revealed a plan to open over 50,000 acres of Nevada’s Ruby Mountains to leasing. Obtained via a Freedom of Information Act request, the document [...]

3 08, 2018

Weekly Newsletter – 8/3/18

By |2018-08-03T16:29:10+00:00August 3rd, 2018|Categories: Newsletters|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Issues Wyoming monitor reports high-risk of West Nile virus. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD) is requesting that Wyoming residents report sightings of dead sage-grouse so they can be tested for West Nile virus. West Nile virus is transmitted [...]

27 07, 2018

Weekly Newsletter – 7/27/18

By |2018-07-27T19:19:05+00:00July 27th, 2018|Categories: Newsletters|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Issues BLM issues new policy eliminating compensatory mitigation. Earlier this week, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released a memo outlining a plan to end the policy of compensatory mitigation. Under the new policy set out by BLM, energy companies, [...]

13 07, 2018

Weekly Newsletter – 7/13/18

By |2018-07-13T19:03:08+00:00July 13th, 2018|Categories: Newsletters|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Issues Draft legislation released to strengthen the ESA. Last week, Senate Environment and Public Works Chairman John Barrasso (R) released a critically needed draft bill that would modernize and strengthen the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA). Speaking to The [...]

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