Vermont Law
FEBRUARY 4, 2019
Ever increasing water use, and severe drought conditions, brought conflicts over water use to a head in the early 2000s when water conservation measures were taken in order to protect several fish listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Three KRB fish species are especially significant from an environmental perspective.
The Energy Law Blog
JULY 21, 2016
In 2010, under the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”), the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“the FWS”) designated 6,477 acres in Mississippi and Louisiana as “critical habitat” for the Rana sevosa or the dusky gopher frog. Tammany Parish.
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The Energy Law Blog
JULY 28, 2017
Currently, the entire population of dusky gopher frogs is estimated to be fewer than 150 adults and the species’ current range is limited to three ponds in south Mississippi. In 2001, the USFWS listed the dusky gopher frog as an endangered species. The Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.
Circle of Blue
NOVEMBER 23, 2021
In 2001, the Bureau of Reclamation (USBR), a federal agency that manages the agricultural water supply within the basin, began paying farmers to pump large amounts of groundwater out of the aquifers below. Surface water has historically been the primary water source for many farmers in the region.
Environmental Science
SEPTEMBER 7, 2018
Endangered Species Act : Nearly every country has one of these now as well as international laws and designations for cross-border co-operation on conservation. This Act came into being in 1973 with the aim of setting out special protections for species at risk of extinction.
Vermont Law
DECEMBER 8, 2017
It includes NEPA, the Clean Water Act, the Endangered Species Act, and CERCLA, to name but a few. The species impacted include large animals such as the Jaguar, Ocelot, Mexican Grey Wolf, and the Sonoran Pronghorn. The scope of the waiver asserted in the August 2017 determination is truly breathtaking.
ESA
DECEMBER 6, 2021
During the Trump administration, ESA submitted comments opposing the Forest Service’s proposal to exempt the Tongass National Forest in Alaska from the 2001 Roadless Rule, noting that the Tongass stores a large amount of carbon and fuels productive and commercially important marine ecosystems.
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