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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ESA

DECEMBER 20, 2021

ESA and other scientific societies have endorsed previous versions of the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act. This bill allows fishermen to exchange lionfish tails for fishing tags for other species. ESA Correspondence to Policymakers. View more letters and testimony from ESA here. This bill provides a combined $1.4

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ESA

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

ESA has received official observer status for COP26 and ten members are attending COP26. ESA member Andy Barton is posting daily observations from COP26 on his blog that ESA is reposting on Ecotone. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) have expressed concerns over the total price tag of the budget reconciliation bill. .

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ESA

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

trillion ( see ESA Policy News, Aug. Both Senators voted for a procedural motion to advance consideration of the bill, but they have expressed concerns about the total price tag. Congressional committees are in the process allocating funds from the $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill to agencies under their jurisdiction. 16, 2021 ).

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ESA

AUGUST 16, 2021

Both Senators voted for a procedural motion to advance consideration of the bill but have expressed concerns about the total price tag. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Kirsten Sinema (D-AZ) will vote for the bill. The Senate Budget Committee issued a memo to Democratic senators that provides direction to Senators on spending the $3.5

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