Issues Documents reveals disagreement between Western Governors and Interior over sage grouse. Documents obtained in a public records requests reveal tumult between western governors, including Gov. Matt Mead of Wyoming, and the Trump administration. In a private January 12 letter from [...]
Issues Administration calls for review and comment on Mitigation. This morning, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service published a notice in the Federal Register calling for public review and comment on its Service-wide Mitigation Policy and its Endangered Species Act [...]
Issues ESA Reform Bill Passes on House Floor. This week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 4315, the 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act, by a vote of 233-190. As Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (R-Wash.) and author [...]
Issues IPAA Launches New ESA Watch Website. At IPAA’s 84th Midyear Meeting in Colorado Springs last week, IPAA rolled out its new website for its year-old ESA campaign, Endangered Species Watch. By visiting the website, member companies, Hill staffers, and [...]
Issues BLM Limits Land Leasing in Sage Grouse Habitat Region. This week, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) issued a moratorium blocking oil, natural gas, and coal leasing on public lands that overlap with the Gunnison sage grouse in [...]
Issues Gunnison Sage-Grouse Decision Delayed Again. This week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) extended the deadline for a proposed listing decision on the Gunnison sage grouse in Colorado and Utah. U.S. Senators Mark Udall and Michael Bennet and [...]
Issues WildEarth Guardians Sues Fish and Wildlife Service over Gunnison’s Prairie Dog. This week, WildEarth Guardians filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) in federal court. According to WildEarth Guardians, the FWS did not use the [...]
Issues FWS Announces Assessment for the Gunnison Sage-Grouse. This week, the US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) released a draft economic analysis and draft environmental assessment regarding a proposal to designate 1.7 million acres of critical habitat for the Gunnison [...]