Weekly Newsletter | February 8, 2019 Issues David Bernhardt, selected to head Interior Department. President Trump has selected David Bernhardt to be the next Secretary of the Department of Interior Department (DOI). David Bernhardt is no stranger to serving the [...]
Weekly Newsletter | February 1, 2019 Issues Post-shutdown, sage grouse conservation plans back on the table. With the government reopened, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) officials have returned to work and at the top of the department’s backlog are public [...]
Weekly Newsletter | January 4, 2019 Issues IPAA, Trade Associations submit comments to USFS on Sage-Grouse LMPAs. This week, in partnership with the American Petroleum Institute (API), Western Energy Alliance (WEA), and Petroleum Association of Wyoming (PAW), the Independent Petroleum [...]
Weekly Newsletter | November 9, 2018 Issues As BLM cancels Western state leases, Green groups take on leases in CO. Environmental activists in Colorado have been fighting the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) on a December oil and gas lease [...]
Issues Congress chastises Interior over transparency flaw. A confidential seven-page memo from the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) was recently leaked, revealing an internal recommendation that staffers”withhold” certain documents requested by the public on Endangered Species Act (ESA) decisions in [...]
Issues Documents reveals disagreement between Western Governors and Interior over sage grouse. Documents obtained in a public records requests reveal tumult between western governors, including Gov. Matt Mead of Wyoming, and the Trump administration. In a private January 12 letter from [...]
Issues USFS opens comment period for draft sage-grouse protection plan. Late last week, the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) unveiled proposed changes to Obama-era greater sage-grouse conservation plans in five Western states. On Friday, the agency released draft plans altering rules [...]
Issues ICYMI: IPAA held its annual meeting in Austin, Texas this week. The event included an array of sessions, including a panel on State Perspectives on Wildlife Conservation featuring Texas Comptroller Glen Hegar. For more information on the session reach [...]