Issues Fish & Wildlife Service advances proposed changes to application of the Endangered Species Act. On Monday, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) sent three proposed rules regarding the Endangered Species Act (ESA) to the Office of Management and [...]
Issues IPAA submits comments on potential Tricolored bat listing. In conjunction with the American Exploration and Production Council and the American Petroleum Institute, IPAA submitted comments this week in regard to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s considering a listing [...]
Issues IPAA submits comments on Candidate Conservation Agreements with Assurances Policy and Regulations. In November 2017, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced it would review and possibly revise the Candidate Conservation Agreements with Assurances (CCAAs) Policy and CCAAs Regulations. [...]
Issues IPAA submits comments on voluntary agreements. IPAA has submitted comments on the Obama Administration’s proposed changes to the Candidate Conservation Agreements with Assurances (CCAAs) policy – an important tool for conserving species and habitats. While the proposed changes have [...]
Issues Federal government pledges to restore 500K acres of lesser prairie chicken habitat. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) vowed last week to restore an additional 500,000 acres of lesser prairie chicken habitat across five states via a voluntary landowner [...]
Issues U.S. decides against setting aside protected habitat for northern long-eared bat. Federal wildlife officials announced Monday that they would not set aside protected habitat for the caves inhabited by northern long-eared bats, explaining that doing so may draw the [...]
Issues Public comment open again for the burying beetle. This week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service posted in the Federal Register an invitation for public comment on incidental take permit applications for the American burying beetle “resulting from activities [...]
What is Critical Habitat? Critical habitat refers to specific areas that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has determined to be essential for the conservation of threatened or endangered species. When used appropriately, it helps ensure that important areas [...]