Sarah Stauffer Curtiss
Stoel Rives LLP
Articles
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service determines protection for greater sage-grouse no longer warranted
USA - September 23 2015 In a speech at the Rocky Mountain National Wildlife Refuge, Interior Secretary Sally Jewell announced yesterday that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife…
Court invalidates 30-year permit provisions of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s eagle permit rule on NEPA grounds
USA - August 12 2015 As we discussed in this post from May 2014, the American Bird Conservancy (“ABC”) in 2014 filed a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife…
USFWS to evaluate new incidental take permitting program under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act
USA - May 26 2015 Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ("Service") published notice in the Federal Register announcing that it intends to prepare a programmatic…
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issues Eagle Conservation Plan Guidance for wind projects
USA - April 29 2013 On April 26, 2013, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) released its final Eagle Conservation Plan Guidance (ECP Guidance) (available here). The…
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reissues nationwide permits
USA - March 5 2012 In a much anticipated Federal Register Notice, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on February 21, 2012 announced the reissuance of its Nationwide Permit Program. 77 Fed. Reg. 10,184 (Feb. 21, 2012).
