Issues IPAA comments on renewed action aimed at listing Texas lizard. The dunes sagebrush lizard flooded back into conversations about the Endangered Species Act (ESA) this week when the Center for Biological Diversity and the Defenders of Wildlife filed a [...]
Issues California, activist groups appeal decision allowing border wall to move forward. This week, the state of California and several environmental groups filed an appeal to a district judge’s decision that President Trump’s border wall could be exempt from numerous [...]
Issues IPAA submits comments to Fish and Wildlife Service on its mitigation policy. On November 6, 2017, the Fish and Wildlife Service began receiving public comments on its existing Mitigation Policy and Endangered Species Act Compensatory Mitigation Policy (ESA-CMP). Specifically, [...]
Issues The Migratory Bird Treaty Act should be updated. A recent column in the Casper Star-Tribune by IPAA Senior Vice President of Government Relations & Political Affairs Dan Naatz and Petroleum Association of Wyoming Vice President Esther Wagner highlights an [...]
Issues IPAA weighs in on sage-grouse comment period. Today, IPAA alongside the American Petroleum Institute submitted comments on the Notice of Intent to amend land use plans regarding the Greater sage-grouse. The comments highlight that API and IPAA members support [...]
Issues New partnership formed to improve conservation efforts. The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) on Thursday announced a partnership between six oil and natural gas companies to provide greater support for conservation efforts in the Texas Permian Basin and [...]
ICYMI: IPAA submitted comments this week to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on the “Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda” executive order, highlighting the Endangered Species Act, Migratory Bird Treaty Act, and mitigation efforts. Issues IPAA calls for action on [...]
Issues Groups threaten to sue again over Pacific development. Over the past two weeks the Environmental Defense Center (EDC) and Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) have announced their intention to sue the Interior Department less than three months after the [...]