Issues Six years of aerial survey data show lesser prairie chicken populations holding steady. A new survey from the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (WAFWA) finds the lesser prairie-chicken population is remaining stable, with an increase in the estimated breeding [...]
Weekly Newsletter May 25, 2017 Issues Lesser prairie chicken finding expected soon. The lesser prairie chicken is up for debate again, with a 12-month finding from the Fish and Wildlife Service expected this fall on whether or not a listing [...]
IPAA submitted joint comments with API, the Permian Basin Petroleum Association, and the Western Energy Alliance stating that the best scientific and commercial information available demonstrates that the LPC does not meet the ESA’s definitions of either a threatened or endangered [...]
Issues IPAA submits request to extend comment deadline for public review of ESA Compensatory Mitigation Policy. IPAA and others submitted a request to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service this week to extend the comment deadline for the public review period of [...]
Issues **NOTE: IPAA has released a new one-pager to provide members and ESA Watch readers a brief summary of the Endangered Species Act. Check out the new fact sheet HERE. Lesser prairie chicken officially removed from endangered species list. The [...]
Issues IPAA holds mitigation meetings in Washington, DC. On July 14, IPAA and representatives from multiple member companies conducted a briefing on Capitol Hill to discuss the Fish and Wildlife Service’s proposed revisions to its mitigation policy. On March 8, [...]
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 IPAA responds to proposed FWS mitigation policy. On March 8, 2016, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued proposed revisions to their mitigation policy, a policy that provides recommendations on mitigating adverse impacts of land and water developments on [...]