Issues Congressional Leaders Speak Out on Revised Mitigation Policy. This week, Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Chairman Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) sent a letter to Dan Ashe, director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, requesting the withdrawal of [...]
Issues In Wyoming, energy producers and conservationists look to tackle mitigation. The future of mitigation is playing out in Wyoming, as energy companies and conservationists look for opportunities to collaborate while the federal government finalizes its mitigation policy. As reported [...]
ICYMI: Today is Endangered Species Day! The Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) has worked with its allies for years to address rising challenges related to the Endangered Species Act. Visit our website, esawatch.org, to learn more. Issues Congress and [...]
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 [...]
Issues Western governors push for larger state role in protecting endangered species. The Western Governors’ Association at a conference on Wednesday discussed the need for changes to be made to the Endangered Species Act (ESA) that would shift power from [...]
Issues Settlement requires FWS to study impacts of two common herbicides. In a settlement with the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agreed to study the effects of two common weed killers, glyphosate and atrazine, on [...]
Issues IPAA/API Submit Comments on Prioritizing Status Reviews and 12-month Findings. This week, the Independent Petroleum Association of America and the American Petroleum Institute submitted comments on the Draft Methodology for prioritizing status reviews and accompanying 12-month findings on petitions for [...]