Issues ICYMI: IPAA held its annual meeting in Austin, Texas this week. The event included an array of sessions, including a panel on State Perspectives on Wildlife Conservation featuring Texas Comptroller Glen Hegar. For more information on the session reach [...]
Issues Forest Service looks to follow BLM, revise Obama-era plans. Earlier this week, the U.S. Forest Service issued a notice of intent in the Federal Register, announcing proposed changes to Greater sage-grouse protections in California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada and [...]
Issues Bureau of Land Management to hold public meetings for sage-grouse review. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has scheduled public hearings for late June in seven Western states to discuss steps being taken to protect the Greater sage-grouse. [...]
Issues Study: Sage grouse DNA report maps crucial mating grounds. In early May, the United States Forest Service (USFS) released an extensive report detailing the mating site habits of the sage-grouse. Appearing first in a science journal, the nineteen-page report [...]
Issues IPAA talks ESA reform at Midland conference. This week, IPAA’s Samantha McDonald spoke at Midland College’s Petroleum Professional Development Center’s annual Environmental Regulatory Seminar regarding the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and how it impacts the oil and natural gas [...]
Issues ICYMI, last week the Administration released its Spring 2018 Unified Agenda for upcoming regulatory actions. Check out the full list HERE. Judge reverses decision not to list small population of sage grouse. A federal judge in California ruled this [...]
Issues IPAA comments on renewed action aimed at listing Texas lizard. The dunes sagebrush lizard flooded back into conversations about the Endangered Species Act (ESA) this week when the Center for Biological Diversity and the Defenders of Wildlife filed a [...]
Issues Draft analysis calls for changes to Wyoming sage-grouse management plans. According to a draft environmental impact statement (EIS), obtained by E&E News, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is recommending changes to Obama-era greater sage-grouse conservation measures in Wyoming. [...]