Over the past year, the IPAA team has continued its efforts to advocate for the appropriate and effective use of the Endangered Species Act (ESA), balancing the protection of critical species and habitats with economic development and sound science. IPAA [...]
Issues FWS prepares to publish final Mitigation Policy. This morning, the Fish and Wildlife Service released its pre-publication notice for its Final Mitigation Policy, a policy framework for applying a landscape-scale approach to achieve “a net gain in conservation outcomes, [...]
Issues Senate GOP says FWS' mitigation plans overstep its authority. Republicans on the Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Fisheries, Water and Wildlife told Interior Department officials at a hearing this week that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's [...]
Issues Congressional Leaders Speak Out on Revised Mitigation Policy. This week, Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Chairman Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) sent a letter to Dan Ashe, director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, requesting the withdrawal of [...]
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 [...]
Issues Administration won't appeal Texas court's decision on lesser prairie chicken. The Obama Administration said Wednesday that it would not appeal recent court rulings by a U.S. District Court that removed Endangered Species Act protections for the lesser prairie chicken. [...]