ESA

Interior Reins in the MBTA to Remove a “Domestic Energy Burden”

Mining, oil and gas, wind, solar and transmission companies who have struggled to comply with the Migratory Bird Treaty Act…

7 years ago

Wyoming Wolves De-Listed Under the Endangered Species Act

On March 3, 2017, the D.C. Circuit reinstated the rule promulgated by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS”)…

8 years ago

Obama Administration Proposes Changes to ESA-listing Rule

In an apparent attempt to head-off legislative changes to the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”) that have been threatened by Congressional…

9 years ago

UT Governor Herbert Signs Executive Order on the Greater Sage Grouse to Short Circuit Federal Listing

On Tuesday, February 10, 2015, Utah Governor Gary Herbert signed an executive order directing state agencies to implement additional state-level…

10 years ago

Interior Will Make Greater Sage-grouse Determination Despite Congressional Rider

In a January 26, 2015 letter responding to the bi-partisan co-chairs of the Western Governors’ Association State-Federal Sage-Grouse Task Force,…

10 years ago

The Muddy Waters Surround the FWS’s Listing of the Gunnison Sage-Grouse

In the 2015 Appropriations Bill (Cromnibus), via a rider, Congress prohibited Interior from writing or issuing any final listing rule…

10 years ago