The northern long-eared bat is a medium-sized bat about 3 to 3.7 inches in length with a wingspan of 9 to 10 inches and, as its name suggests, long ears. The northern long-eared bat is found across much of the [...]
Issues Interior Department Announces Greater Sage-Grouse Conservation Plan. Last week, federal officials released final environmental reviews for proposed land use plans as a part of a comprehensive conservation effort to protect the greater sage-grouse and its habitat on public lands [...]
Issues Federal Agencies Propose Changes to ESA Listing Process. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) announced proposed changes to the Endangered Species Act (ESA) implementation process this week, including increasing regulatory predictability and [...]
Issues Energy Production and Species Conservation Working Hand in Hand. In honor of Endangered Species Day, Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) President Barry Russell emphasized oil and gas companies’ commitment to endangered species conservation and protection in an Op-Ed [...]
Issues Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Holds ESA Hearing. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe defended the efforts of his agency this week during a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing focused on the Service’s [...]
Issues Mussels Species Get New Critical Habitat Designation. This week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced a final rule designating 1,920 river miles of critical habitat across 12 states for two mussel species—the rabbitsfoot and the Neosho mucket. The [...]
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s decision to list the northern long-eared bat as threatened under the Endangered Species Act imposes unnecessary and burdensome costs on a myriad of U.S. businesses, including natural gas development in Pennsylvania. The real threat [...]
Issues IPAA Voices Concerns with Northern Long-Eared Bat Listing. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette published a letter to the editor this week from Independent Petroleum Association of America President (IPAA) Barry Russell regarding the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s decision to list [...]