Issues IPAA Submits Request to FWS Regarding Listing Petition Transparency. This week, IPAA submitted a letter to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe, requesting additional transparency surrounding the listing petition process under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). As [...]
Issues IPAA Meets with Administration to Talk Greater Sage-Grouse. Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) leadership and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) met on Monday, December 1st to discuss the proposed listing of the Greater sage-grouse under the [...]
Issues FWS Extends Comment Period on Bat. This week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced its decision to reopen the public comment period on the proposed listing of the northern long-eared bat as endangered under the Endangered Species Act [...]
Issues Gunnison Sage Grouse Listed as Threatened. This week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service listed the Gunnison sage grouse as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), a decision that was met with criticism from a number of leaders [...]
Issues IPAA Files Comments on USFWS’s Proposed Policy on Voluntary Prelisting Conservation Actions. This week, the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) submitted comments to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) regarding the Service’s proposed policy on Voluntary Prelisting [...]
Issues Gunnison Sage Grouse Deadline Quickly Approaching. On October 24th, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) sent its decision on whether to list the Gunnison sage-grouse under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) to the Office of Management and Budget [...]
Issues Industry Speaks Out on Northern Long Eared Bat. The Ohio Oil and Gas Association is mobilizing to oppose the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (FWS) proposed listing of the Northern Long Eared under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). According [...]
Issues Congress Questions Interior’s Proposed Listing & Science on Greater Sage Grouse. This week, 18 members of Congress sent a letter to Interior Secretary Sally Jewell regarding their concerns with the Department’s science and transparency on the proposed future listing [...]