Issues BLM issues new policy eliminating compensatory mitigation. Earlier this week, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released a memo outlining a plan to end the policy of compensatory mitigation. Under the new policy set out by BLM, energy companies, [...]
Issues Forest Service looks to follow BLM, revise Obama-era plans. Earlier this week, the U.S. Forest Service issued a notice of intent in the Federal Register, announcing proposed changes to Greater sage-grouse protections in California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada and [...]
Issues Bureau of Land Management to hold public meetings for sage-grouse review. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has scheduled public hearings for late June in seven Western states to discuss steps being taken to protect the Greater sage-grouse. [...]
Issues ICYMI, last week the Administration released its Spring 2018 Unified Agenda for upcoming regulatory actions. Check out the full list HERE. Judge reverses decision not to list small population of sage grouse. A federal judge in California ruled this [...]
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 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 IPAA comments on Interior’s flaw land-use plan. Last week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced the greater sage-grouse did not warrant listing under the Endangered Species Act while simultaneously announcing new plans to limit land use activities on [...]
Issues Environmental groups inundated FWS with lawsuits seeking species listings. This week, Reuters reported that two environmental groups, Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) and WildEarth Guardians, were responsible for the majority of new species listed under the Endangered Species Act [...]