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The California Fish and Game Commission took final action to approve the Western Joshua Tree Conservation Plan at its August 13, 2025 meeting. The Conservation Plan sets forth management practices and guidelines for the...more
The California Fish and Game Commission (Commission) took final action to approve the Western Joshua Tree Conservation Plan (Conservation Plan) at its August 13, 2025, meeting. As detailed in our previous alert, the...more
On August 12, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas (Midland Odessa Division) granted the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (Service) request to vacate and remand the agency’s final rule (Final Rule)...more
U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams on Aug. 7 issued a temporary restraining order to pause construction on the controversial detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz” for two weeks pending argument on the underlying...more
On July 30, 2025, Brazil’s National Environmental Council (CONAMA) published Resolution No. 508/2025 (the Resolution), amending Article 5 of Resolution No. 428/2010. The updated provision addresses the procedures for...more
Information générale En juin 2025, un groupe d’organismes de conservation, présidé par The Nature Conservancy, a publié de nouvelles normes de pratique à adhésion volontaire pour les projets de conversion de dette, intitulé...more
Background In June 2025, a group of conservation organizations, chaired by The Nature Conservancy, published a new set of voluntary practice standards for debt conversion projects: the Practice Standards for Debt Conversion...more
King County is in the final stretch of updating its Critical Areas Ordinance (CAO), with adoption expected by December 2025. The CAO governs protections for environmentally sensitive areas—like wetlands, streams, aquifers,...more
Beginning January 1, 2025, the “Making Conservation a California Way of Life” regulatory framework requires urban retail water suppliers — not individual households or businesses — to adopt a series of “urban water use...more
The Committee on Natural Resources (Committee) in the U.S. House of Representatives is considering a number of bills regarding wildlife, including bills to reauthorize the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and Marine Mammal...more
On Friday, July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1) Public Law No: 119-21 (The OBBB Act). The legislation spans multiple sectors, Title I addresses agriculture and essentially acts...more
The Oregon State Land Board – comprised of the Governor, Secretary of State, and State Treasurer – recently appointed Kaitlin Lovell of Colton, Oregon as the new Director of the Oregon Department of State Lands (DSL). Lovell...more
Establishes the President’s Make America Beautiful Again Commission to coordinate federal conservation efforts and expand outdoor recreation access. The Commission is directed to promote natural resource stewardship, reduce...more
The Beaver Watershed Alliance (“BWA”) announced the presentation of the 2025 War Eagle Creek Stewardship Award (“Award”). The Award was presented to Josh and Claliegh Tuberville....more
As they do every year, male lesser prairie-chickens gathered this Spring on the 48,000-acre Gardiner Angus Ranch in Ashland, Kansas for their ritual mating dance to attract females. The Gardiner Ranch has some of the best...more
Welcome to Dorsey’s Energy Law: Month in Review. We provide this update to our clients to identify significant developments in the previous month. Please reach out to any of the authors, listed above, to discuss these issues....more
The Defenders of Wildlife’s Center for Conservation Innovation announced the publication of a paper titled: Habitat conservation plans under the endangered species act: A comprehensive three-decade analysis (“Paper”)....more
The United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry held a May 13th hearing titled: Perspectives from the Field, Part 4: Conservation (“Hearing”). United States Senator John Boozman (Arkansas)...more
Introduction - Le gouvernement de l’Ontario (le « gouvernement provincial ») a annoncé la refonte prévue de la législation relative aux espèces en voie de disparition de cette province. L’approche introduite par cette...more
The California Fish and Game Commission (Commission) held its second meeting on the Western Joshua Tree Conservation Plan (Draft Conservation Plan) on April 16, 2025. Though no formal action was taken, the Commission received...more
California’s drive toward a net-zero carbon economy by 2045 is sparking innovative solutions to harmonize environmental conservation with infrastructure development. Assembly Bill (AB) 550, sponsored by Assembly Member...more
Introduction Ontario has announced a planned overhaul of the province’s endangered species legislation. The approach was announced on April 17, 2025, as part of Bill 5, Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act, 2025. If...more
As we reflect on environmental stewardship this week, the accelerating loss of biodiversity remains one of the most critical challenges facing our planet. Healthy ecosystems provide essential services – clean air and water,...more
Repeals the “Management of the Marine National Monument” section of Proclamation 9173 (Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument Expansion), which appropriated the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument...more