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 [...]
Issues USFWS and the NMFS Publish Documents in the Federal Register. Last Friday, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) published three documents in the Federal Register that are now open for public [...]
Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: OXY) announced today that it has enrolled nearly 1.8 million acres of its oil and gas interests in Texas, New Mexico, Kansas and Oklahoma, in programs designed to support conservation measures for the Lesser Prairie-Chicken (LEPC). [...]
This week, the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA), the American Petroleum Institute (API), and others filed joint supplemental comments on the proposed listing of the Lesser Prairie Chicken (LPC) as threatened under the ESA. The comments reiterate concerns that [...]
On June 20, 2013, the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA), alongside oil and gas trade groups from across the country, submitted comments to the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) regarding the Proposed Special Rule under Section 4(d) of the [...]
On June 20, 2013, the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA), alongside oil and gas trade groups from across the country, submitted comments to the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) regarding the Proposed Special Rule under Section 4(d) of the [...]