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How the Endangered Species Act is Helping to Restore the Klamath River Basin

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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.

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ESA Policy News: August 30, 2021

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Clean Water Act: A memo from the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers provides guidance about how the Biden administrations will implement a 2020 Trump administration Clean Water Act rule limiting states’ ability to block infrastructure projects over water quality concerns. This proposed rule is open for comments through Oct.

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Policy News: June 14, 2021

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US Fish and Wildlife Service reverses Endangered Species Act rules. Odds and ends: EPA says it will reconsider a 2020 Trump regulation known as the Major MACT to Area, or MM2A, rule. The Trump administration finalized this rule in December 2020 ( see ESA Policy News, Dec. 21, 2020 ). Executive Branch.

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Policy News: November 22, 2021

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Fish and Wildlife Service receives $180 million for developing and carrying out Endangered Species Act recovery plans and a combined $19.4 Almost 90 countries joined an agreement to cut their methane emissions by 30% by 2030 from 2020 levels. The agency designated 563 river miles as critical habitat for the species.

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ESA Policy News: December 5, 2022

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USFWS: Citing the impacts of white-nose syndrome on the species, the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) finalized a rule listing the northern long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis) as an endangered species. Previously, the species was listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act.

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