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Holding Redlich | Australia | 11 Oct 2022
Towards zero extinctions: Updated environmental policy in Australia
Changes to biodiversity policy have the potential to significantly affect projects proposed in environmentally and ecologically sensitive areas. In…
K&L Gates LLP | USA | 13 Feb 2020
DC District Court Bats Down Northern Long-Eared Bat Listing
On January 28, 2020, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia released an opinion rejecting the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (the…
Nossaman LLP | USA | 12 Sep 2018
Beetle Science Front and Center in new lawsuit
On September 4, 2018, the Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit under the federal Freedom of Information Act against the U.S. Fish and…
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP | USA | 26 Jul 2018
FWS and NMFS Propose Major Revisions to ESA Regulations
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) (together, the “Services”) this week published proposed…
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP | USA | 20 Jul 2018
Services Propose Highly Anticipated Revisions to ESA Regulations on Critical Habitat Designation, Section 7 Consultation, and Protections for Threatened Species
The US Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) and National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) issued three significant, highly anticipated, proposals to revise…
Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete LLP | USA | 18 Jul 2018
DOL's Persuader Rule just got a little bit deader
Not six feet under yet, but maybe 5'11"? Today, the U.S. Department of Labor formally issued a final rule rescinding the "Persuader Rule," which was…
Nossaman LLP | USA | 28 Jun 2018
U.S. House Passes Bill Allowing Removal of Sea Lions to Protect Endangered Fish Species
The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed the “Endangered Salmon and Fisheries Predation Prevention Act” (Act) (H.R. 2083), co-sponsored by…
Nossaman LLP | USA | 19 Jun 2018
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Announces Initiation of 5-Year Status Review for 50 Species
On Monday, June 18, 2018, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS”) announced that it has initiated five year status reviews for fifty species in…
Nossaman LLP | USA | 6 Jun 2018
California Poised to Waive Protections for Endangered Fish as Tribes Seek to Shutdown Klamath Irrigation Project in an Effort to Save the Species
In late May 2018, the Klamath Tribes filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California seeking to shut…
Nossaman LLP | USA | 19 Apr 2018
California Lists Tricolored Blackbird
On April 19, 2018, the California Fish and Game Commission voted 4-0 to list the tricolored blackbird (Agelaius tricolor) as a threatened species. A…
