Weekly Newsletter | January 11, 2019 Issues Government shutdown interrupts changes to sage-grouse conservation plans. Conservation groups are demanding the Interior Department (DOI) give them more time to formally appeal proposed revisions to Obama-era Greater sage-grouse conservation plans, after problems [...]
Weekly Newsletter | January 4, 2019 Issues IPAA, Trade Associations submit comments to USFS on Sage-Grouse LMPAs. This week, in partnership with the American Petroleum Institute (API), Western Energy Alliance (WEA), and Petroleum Association of Wyoming (PAW), the Independent Petroleum [...]
Weekly Newsletter | December 14, 2018 **Please note ESA Newsletters will begin again in January. From everyone at IPAA, we wish you a happy and healthy holiday season! Issues Debate over Obama-era sage-grouse conservation revisions continues. The Bureau of Land [...]
Weekly Newsletter | December 7, 2018 Issues BLM proposes amended sage-grouse plans. This week, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released the much-anticipated Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and proposed plan amendments addressing Greater sage-grouse conservation on public land in [...]
Weekly Newsletter | November 30, 2018 Issues BLM puts pulled Utah land parcel back on the market. While the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) continues the process of finalizing draft environmental impact statements (EISs) and amendments to resource management plans, [...]
Weekly Newsletter | November 16, 2018 Issues Mixed response on sage-grouse conservation plans. Western states are working to change how they manage sage-grouse conservation. In Colorado, Parks and Wildlife is finalizing an updated map of sage-grouse habitat. The draft map [...]
Weekly Newsletter | November 9, 2018 Issues As BLM cancels Western state leases, Green groups take on leases in CO. Environmental activists in Colorado have been fighting the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) on a December oil and gas lease [...]
Issues Congress chastises Interior over transparency flaw. A confidential seven-page memo from the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) was recently leaked, revealing an internal recommendation that staffers”withhold” certain documents requested by the public on Endangered Species Act (ESA) decisions in [...]