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Texas District Court Rules FWS Must Consider the Cost of Protecting Threatened Species

On March 29, 2025, a Texas District Court ruled that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) should have considered economic costs when crafting protections for the lesser-prairie chicken, a threatened species, under Section...more

4/14/2025 / Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) , Chevron Deference , Conservation , Endangered Species Act (ESA) , Government Agencies , Judicial Authority , Regulatory Authority , Rulemaking Process , Texas

The Butterfly Effect: FWS Proposes Nationwide Threatened Species Listing for Monarch Butterfly

On December 12, 2024, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) proposed listing the monarch butterfly as a threatened species with a special section 4(d) rule under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The special 4(d) rule...more

12/16/2024 / Conservation , Critical Habitat , Endangered Species , Endangered Species Act (ESA) , Environmental Policies , ESA Listings , US Fish and Wildlife Service

Biden Administration Proposes Undoing Recent ESA Regulatory Reforms and Expanding Section 7 Consultations

On June 22, 2023, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services (FWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) (together “the Services”) issued three proposals largely aimed at undoing the Trump administration’s recent regulatory...more

6/30/2023 / Biden Administration , Conservation , Critical Habitat , Endangered Species , Endangered Species Act (ESA) , Environmental Policies , ESA Listings , National Marine Fisheries Service , US Fish and Wildlife Service

Complying with the Endangered Species Act

This practice note provides an overview of the Endangered Species Act (ESA), 16 U.S.C. § 1531 et seq., and discusses the obligations of real estate developers and property owners with respect to the ESA. Congress enacted the...more

3/8/2023 / Comment Period , Conservation , Critical Habitat , Endangered Species , Endangered Species Act (ESA) , Environmental Policies , ESA Listings , Habitat Conservation Plan , National Marine Fisheries Service , US Fish and Wildlife Service

FWS Proposes Uplisting Northern Long-Eared Bat to Endangered Status

Project development east of the Rocky Mountains may be about to become exponentially more difficult in light of a new proposal under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). On March 23, 2022, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS)...more

3/29/2022 / Conservation , Endangered Species , Endangered Species Act (ESA) , ESA Listings , Habitat Conservation Plan , US Fish and Wildlife Service

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