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 [...]
Issues House Committee on Natural Resources Holds ESA Hearing. This week, the House Committee on Natural Resources held an oversight hearing on the Endangered Species Act (ESA) titled “ESA Decisions by Closed-Door Settlement: Short-Changing Science, Transparency, Private Property, and State [...]
Issues Coloradoans Concerned With Potential Sage Grouse Listing. In Colorado, commissioners from Garfield, Mesa, Moffat and Rio Blanco counties have called on Governor Hickenlooper to intervene in the Bureau of Land Management’s efforts to list the greater sage grouse under [...]