Issues New Mexico Jumping Mouse to Get Federal Protection. This week, the New Mexico Jumping Mouse was listed as endangered under the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA). The Jumping Mouse’s historical habitat consists of New Mexico, Arizona and southern Colorado. [...]
Issues Republican Senators Write Reid Over ESA. Late last week a group of fifteen Senate Republicans from ten states wrote a letter to Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) after the passage of S. 2198, the “Emergency Drought Relief Act.” The [...]
Issues IPAA Endorses Congressman Gardner Bill on Greater Sage Grouse. This week the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) wrote a letter to Representative Gardner that expresses the oil and natural gas industry’s support for HR 4716 – The Sage [...]
By Congressman Rob Bishop (Ut-01) The Endangered Species Act (ESA) was signed into law by President Richard Nixon on December 28, 1973. Since then, 2095 species have been placed on the endangered species list. Over the past forty years only [...]
Issues ESA debate takes center stage in Washington, DC. This week, the House Natural Resources Committee held a hearing regarding the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Topics varied from how states and local communities are working to preserve species and habitat [...]
By Nancy Macan McNally, NESARC Approaching its 40th anniversary later this year, the Endangered Species Act originally was approved by Congress, with broad bipartisan support, to protect high profile endangered species such as the grizzly bear. Throughout the years, implementation [...]
By Kent Holsinger, managing partner of Holsinger Law, LLC. 2013 is the 40th Anniversary of the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Congress passed the law with visions of protecting iconic species like grizzly bears and bald eagles. Few could have foreseen its [...]