Endangered Species Law

JULY 7, 2021

In an article published this week in California Fish and Wildlife , co-authors Stephanie Clark, Ashley Remillard and I provide an overview of the process of determining whether to list species as threatened or endangered, and thereby protect them, under the California Endangered Species Act (CESA).

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JUNE 28, 2023

On June 22, 2023, the U.S.

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Endangered Species Law

MAY 12, 2021

Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) recently announced its finding that three salamander species do not warrant listing as endangered or threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). samweli ), and Wintu salamander ( H. wintu ).

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Inside Climate News

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Climate change is reducing the snowpack the mythic predators depend on for their dens, but resistance from resource extraction and recreation interests delayed Endangered Species Act protection. By Grant Stringer After decades of battles that spanned five U.S.

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Environmental News Bits

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

With too little … Continue reading Emperor penguins get Endangered Species Act protection – with 98% of colonies at risk of extinction by 2100, can it save them?

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MGKF Law

JANUARY 28, 2021

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").

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Scientific American

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.

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Scientific American

OCTOBER 20, 2023

The Endangered Species Act requires that every U.S. plant and animal be saved from extinction, but after 50 years, we have to do much more to prevent a biodiversity crisis

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Endangered Species Law

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) published a final rule listing a distinct population segment (DPS) of the North American wolverine ( Gulo gulo luscas ) as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The current listing is limited to the DPS of wolverine occurring in the contiguous United States.

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NRDC

AUGUST 21, 2023

Public comment period concludes for proposed rulemakings on how Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service protect species and habitats

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Scientific American

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.

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Law and Environment

AUGUST 4, 2023

This post isn’t about the Oregon spotted frog or even about the Endangered Species Act as a whole. billion is a lot of money to spend on species recovery or whether it will be “worth it” to save the Oregon spotted frog. billion over 40 years. It’s not about whether $2.7

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Endangered Species Law

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) proposed listing the oblong rocksnail ( Leptoxis compacta ) as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). On October 31, 2023, the U.S. The freshwater snail exists only in the Cahaba River in central Alabama and subsists on algae growing on the riverbed.

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Law and Environment

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Last month, Judge John Hunderaker held that the Endangered Species Act requires EPA to consult with the Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service before issuing recommended water quality criteria. He also vacated EPA’s 2016 chronic freshwater criterion for cadmium.

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Endangered Species Law

MAY 22, 2023

On Wednesday, May 17, 2023, the federal District Court for the District of Massachusetts granted summary judgment in favor of the United States Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (“BOEM”) and Vineyard Wind, and denied summary judgment to the plaintiffs in the case of Nantucket Residents Against Turbines v.

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Endangered Species Act. is “the most comprehensive legislation for the preservation of endangered species ever enacted by any nation” according to the United States Supreme Court in the landmark case. Pulling the Teeth Out of the Endangered Species Act. Tennessee Valley Authority v.

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Nanotech

OCTOBER 16, 2023

TSCA/FIFRA/TRI EPA Releases Final Guidance For New Pesticide Applications And Registration Review Activities That Require Endangered Species Act Reviews: On September 14, 2023, the U.S.

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National Law Center

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

On February 6, 2023, a federal judge in California issued a ruling concluding that the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”) preempted an. The post Judge Issues Ruling in Klamath River Dispute appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 1, 2022

The California Fish and Game Commission had accepted petitions to list four species of native California bees for protection under the California Endangered Species Act (CESA). That was the question before the Third District of the California Court of Appeal.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 3, 2023

Climate change as reason for threatened or endangered status under Endangered Species Act. Investment and incentives for clean technologies under the Inflation Reduction Act. Climate change as substantial impact requiring discussion in environmental impact statement. Federal energy policy A.

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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.

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Endangered Species Law

OCTOBER 2, 2023

24, seeking to undo Endangered Species Act (ESA) protections for the lesser prairie-chicken (LEPC) ( Tympanuchus pallidicinctus ) and northern long-eared bat (NLEB) ( Myotis septentrionalis ) that became effective in January 2023. On Tuesday, September 26, President Biden vetoed two Republican-sponsored joint resolutions, S.J.

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Endangered Species Law

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

This January, the Department of the Interior and the Department of Commerce announced updated civil monetary penalties for violations of federal wildlife and natural resource protection laws including the Endangered Species Act (ESA), Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act (BGEPA), Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation (..)

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MARCH 13, 2023

jaegeriana ) as endangered or threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) is not warranted. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) issued its 12-month finding that listing Joshua trees ( Yucca brevifolia and Y.

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Endangered Species Law

MAY 23, 2023

Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) issued two mitigation policies: one titled “Mitigation Policy” and another titled “Endangered Species Act Compensatory Mitigation Policy.”

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Greenbuilding Law

MARCH 19, 2023

Less than a week before the effective date of the uplisting of the northern long-eared bat from threatened to endangered under the Endangered Species Act, the U.S. It is suggested that this uplisting is an example of the need to reform the Endangered Species Act. in more than half the country.

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Endangered Species Law

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) published two proposed rules to list three species—the northwestern pond turtle ( Actinemys marmorata ), the southwestern pond turtle ( Actinemys pallida ), and the short-tailed snake ( Lampropeltis extenuata )—as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).

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Endangered Species Law

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) in a case challenging the agency’s final rule downlisting the American burying beetle ( Nicrophorus americanus ) to “threatened species” status under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Although this species is considered uncommon in this Commonwealth, compelling evidence indicates territories have been established and nesting may have been attempted. Read the entire PA Bulletin notice for more information. Questions should be directed to Jason L.

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Endangered Species Law

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) issued a proposed rule to list two distinct population segments (DPSs) of the California spotted owl ( Strix occidentalis ) as endangered and threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).

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JANUARY 27, 2023

Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) proposed to designate approximately 104 river miles as critical habitat for the sickle darter ( Percina williamsi ) under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). On January 24, 2023, the U.S.

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JANUARY 30, 2023

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a ruling holding that the United States Fish and Wildlife Service’s (Service) decision not to modify a recovery plan for the grizzly bear ( ursus arctos horrbilis ) was not a final agency action subject to review under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA). Pursuant to its.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

And now the government has a new proposal – and it’s terrible for endangered species. TELL ONTARIO NOT TO BY-PASS THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT . The provincial government has created a ‘pay-to-slay’ fund that allows developers to pay money rather than actually protecting endangered species.

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Endangered Species Law

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

The order , issued in the midst of a recent drought to meet the needs of irrigators, mandated Reclamation to “immediately preclude or.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

In the preamble to the final rule, the Service indicated that designating critical habitat for all four DPSs of the Frog is not determinable at this time due to a lack.

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Legal Planet

MAY 23, 2023

Because the NCCP process can be long and complex, individual projects typically don’t undertake it, but without such a plan the feasibility of a development where a fully protected species is present can be called into question, resulting in delays and, sometimes, abandonment of the project.

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Endangered Species Law

AUGUST 17, 2023

Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) issued a proposed rule to designate critical habitat for the Sacramento Mountains checkerspot butterfly ( Euphydryas Anicia cloudcrofti ) under the Endangered Species Act. The proposed critical habitat designation encompasses 1,636.9

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