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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

FWS and NMFS Return to Stricter ESA Rules and Reverse Recent Streamlining Measures

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) (together the Services) have issued three final rules effective May 6, 2024...more

5/9/2024 / Conservation , Critical Habitat , Endangered Species , Endangered Species Act (ESA) , Environmental Policies , ESA Listings , National Marine Fisheries Service , 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

Biden Administration to Revoke Trump-Era ESA Regulations Focused on Habitat

On October 27, 2021, the Biden administration proposed two new rules to roll back its predecessor’s regulatory clarifications involving habitat under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Under the first proposal, the United...more

11/5/2021 / Biden Administration , Critical Habitat , Endangered Species , Endangered Species Act (ESA) , National Marine Fisheries Service , Trump Administration , US Fish and Wildlife Service

Here We Go Again: Services to Re-Revise Endangered Species Act Regulations

In an anticipated move, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service (the “Services”) have announced plans to again overhaul Endangered Species Act (ESA) regulations. In this latest example of “to...more

6/16/2021 / Critical Habitat , Endangered Species , Endangered Species Act (ESA) , US Fish and Wildlife Service

Let’s Talk “Habitat”: Competing ESA Definitions Proposed to Provide Regulatory Clarity

Under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), there are a number of key terms that shape the scope of species protection. These key terms, usually defined in the Act itself or through agency regulation, include terms such as...more

8/7/2020 / Conservation , Critical Habitat , Endangered Species , Endangered Species Act (ESA) , US Fish and Wildlife Service

New Regulations Reform Implementation of Endangered Species Act

Long-sought reforms to Endangered Species Act (ESA) implementation have arrived. On August 27, 2019, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) finalized regulations (the 2019...more

9/16/2019 / Conservation , Critical Habitat , Endangered Species , Endangered Species Act (ESA) , ESA Listings , National Marine Fisheries Service , Regulatory Reform , US Fish and Wildlife Service

FWS Takes a Mulligan on Greater Sage-Grouse Listing

Effectively restarting a contentious listing process, on April 12, 2019, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service reopened public comment on 2013 proposed rules listing the Bi-State distinct population segment of greater...more

4/16/2019 / Comment Period , Conservation , Critical Habitat , Endangered Species , Endangered Species Act (ESA) , US Fish and Wildlife Service

Major Changes to Endangered Species Act Regulations Proposed

On July 25, 2018, the Department of the Interior’s Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS”) and the Department of Commerce’s National Marine Fisheries Service (“NMFS”) (collectively “the Services”) issued three proposed rules that...more

7/26/2018 / Critical Habitat , Endangered Species , Endangered Species Act (ESA) , National Marine Fisheries Service , Proposed Rules , Section 7 , US Fish and Wildlife Service

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