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Pipeline Decisions Do Not Spell Doom for Transmission

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For example, a project that may discharge dredged or fill materials into waters of the United States, or that crosses navigable waters, requires a permit from the U.S. Forest Service, or other agency with jurisdiction over the land. The ruling raised a number of questions, including about the fate of power lines.

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ESA Policy News: May 4, 2023

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Charlotte Levy (Carbon180), Cleo Chou (USAID), Brittany Marsten (NOAA), Amina Pollard (EPA), Karen Lips (NSF) and Rich Pouyat (US Forest Service emeritus) joined the GSPA cohort in the ESA office to discuss their careers as ecologists working in science and policy. Levy, Chou and Marsten all are GSPA alumni. and qualify for a green card.

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June 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) did not sufficiently explain why it reversed a previous determination that the Pacific walrus qualified for listing as endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act. Forest Service took a hard look at the project’s probable environmental consequences. May 19, 2021).

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Policy News: November 22, 2021

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Chuck” Sams III to be director of the National Park Service. Legislators provide $200 million to NOAA for weather, coasts, oceans and climate research, $100 million for NOAA competitive climate research grants and provides $100 million to NOAA for development and dissemination of climate science information products and services.

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Policy News: June 14, 2021

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EPA announced plans to repeal and replace the Trump administration’s Navigable Waters Rule. US Fish and Wildlife Service reverses Endangered Species Act rules. Appeals court rules that US Fish and Wildlife Service improperly denied protections for Pacific walruses. Executive Branch.

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Policy News: January 31, 2022

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Supreme Court to hear Clean Water Act case. Conservation: The House Natural Resources Committee approved the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act (H.R. billion annually to state and tribal fish and wildlife agencies for conservation and the implementation of state wildlife action plans.

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Special Policy News #6: The Transition

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Legislative updates: Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) introduced the Global Amphibians Protection Act ( H.R. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Amphibians in Decline Conservation Fund. This program provided competitive grants for amphibian conservation to wildlife management authorities in forging countries. Scientific Community.

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