Effective 3/31/2023, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) changed the classification of the Northern Long Eared Bat (NLEB) from threatened to endangered. As discussed in our December and April client alerts, this...more
On January 25, 2023, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) announced that it is delaying the effective date of the final rule to reclassify the northern long-eared bat (NLEB) from threatened to endangered by 60 days, from...more
As anticipated in our April 4, 2022 alert, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) this week published a final rule reclassifying the northern long-eared bat (NLEB) from a threatened species to an endangered species. The...more
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) is proposing to change the classification of the northern long-eared bat (NLEB) from threatened to endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The FWS classifies a species as...more