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New “Habitat” Rule for the Endangered Species Act Finalized

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Fish and Wildlife Service ("FWS") and the National Marine Fisheries Service ("NMFS") (collectively, the "Services") finalized a rule defining the term "habitat" as used for designating "critical habitat" under the Endangered Species Act (the "ESA"). Last week the U.S.

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The U.S. Has Spent More Than $2 Billion on a Plan to Save Salmon. The Fish Are Vanishing Anyway.

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government promised Native tribes in the Pacific Northwest that they could keep fishing as they’d always done. Hatcheries like the Carson National Fish Hatchery, pictured here, breed millions of salmon and let them grow until they are mature enough to be released so they can try to swim to the ocean. Now, that system is falling apart.

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SCOTUS Further Defines Deliberative Process Documents Exempt From FOIA

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” On March 4, 2021, in United States Fish and Wildlife Service et al. Fish and Wildlife service (“FWS”) and National Marine Fisheries Service (“NMFS”) (collectively, the “Services”) fall within this deliberative process privilege exemption. Sierra Club, Inc. ,

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ESA Policy News: November 8, 2021

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Biden administration proposed repealing Trump administration Endangered Species Act regulations. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) have expressed concerns over the total price tag of the budget reconciliation bill. . House passes Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework. Executive Branch. Lawmakers also allocate $9.7

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PA Assn. Of Environmental Professionals Announce 2023 Scholarship Winners

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Fish and Wildlife Service at Edwin B. Fish and Wildlife Service where she contributes to data management and field surveys for the threatened Yellow-Billed Cuckoo in Tucson, Arizona. Her efforts directly assisted with the conservation and recovery of this species under the Endangered Species Act.

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Policy News: December 20, 2021

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Conservation: The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a hearing for the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act ( S. billion annually to state and tribal fish and wildlife agencies for conservation and the implementation of state wildlife action plans. This bill provides a combined $1.4 million for wildlife corridor programs.

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