Issues Dunes sagebrush lizard causing problems for Texas sand miners. A thin, three-inch long lizard, the dunes sagebrush lizard, inhabits one particular type of sand found in Texas’ Permian Basin – a region that supplies more than 20 percent of [...]
Issues Trump administration begins sage-grouse overhaul. The New York Times reports the Interior Department will soon publish a notice of intent to alter 98 Greater sage-grouse management plans in 10 states. The decision comes as a result of a report [...]
Issues States join industry groups to petition seal listing. A coalition of 18 states led by Wyoming are urging the United States Supreme Court to consider overturning an October 2016 ruling that lists the Pacific bearded seal as threatened under [...]
Issues Dunes sagebrush lizard making headlines again in Texas. The conservation of the dunes sagebrush lizard is up for debate again in the Permian Basin. After the Fish and Wildlife Service proposed listing the species under the Endangered Species Act [...]
Issues Sage-grouse amendment up for approval in annual defense policy bill. A proposed amendment to the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) would decentralize greater sage-grouse conservation, granting individual states more control over management, and preventing the U.S. Fish and [...]
ICYMI: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced a six-month extension on the deadline for making a final ESA listing determination for the Texas hornshell. The public comment period is open until September 11th. New species pages: IPAA has developed [...]
CAP report looks at sage grouse plans. In a new report published this week, the Center for American Progress (CAP) claims that Interior Secretary Zinke favored oil and natural gas development in his review of the sage grouse conservation management [...]
Issues IPAA holds meetings with Interior, Fish and Wildlife leadership. This week, IPAA President and CEO Barry Russell, Senior Vice President of Government Relations and Political Affairs Dan Naatz, Government Relations and Political Affairs Director Ryan Ullman, and Government Relations [...]