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Issues Chairman Bishop talks ESA this week. Laying out his priorities for the 2017 Congress, House Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop spoke to Politico Pro and E&E News this week regarding his plans for the Endangered Species Act. Chairman Bishop [...]
Issues Key federal agency positions in the air after presidential election results. Predictions of who will fill key cabinet positions began to circulate this week following the announcement of Donald Trump's victory in the presidential election early Wednesday morning. Sarah [...]
Issues Federal officials reveal plan to protect sage-grouse habitat. On Monday the U.S. Geological Survey and U.S. Forest Service released a plan to combat destructive wildfires and restore sagebrush in the Great Basin. The plan supports Secretary of the Interior Sally [...]
Issues Court says species can be listed as threatened based on climate change projections. The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday that the federal government may list a species as "threatened" based on climate models showing possible future [...]
Issues Federal agencies finalize new rule on petition listing. On Monday, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Marine Fisheries Service, and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration finalized a rule changing the process by which species are petitioned for listing, [...]
ESA Comments and Letters Endangered Species Act Comments on the Fish and Wildlife Service’s Proposed Rule “Endangered Species Status for Northern Long-Eared Bat” May 23, 2022 - Industry trade groups comments on the Fish and Wildlife Service’s proposed uplisting [...]
Issues CBD threatens massive lawsuit over status of 417 species. On Tuesday, the Center for Biological Diversity filed a notice of intent to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for failing to act on petitions to protect more than [...]
Issues FWS proposes endangered listing for Texas hornshell. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed Tuesday to list the Texas hornshell as an endangered species. A freshwater mussel species found in New Mexico and Texas, the Texas hornshell is the [...]
Issues **NOTE: IPAA has released a new one-pager to provide members and ESA Watch readers a brief summary of the Endangered Species Act. Check out the new fact sheet HERE. Lesser prairie chicken officially removed from endangered species list. The [...]
Issues IPAA voices concerns on proposed critical habitat changes. The Fish and Wildlife Service is currently considering a new regulation that would alter how critical habitat is designated. If the proposed rule is adopted, the Service would have expanded authority [...]
